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MOTORIAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS
Example:
efferent nerves and impulses
Synonyms:
efferent; motorial
Classified under:
Similar:
centrifugal; motor (conveying information to the muscles from the CNS)
corticifugal; corticoefferent; corticofugal (of a nerve fiber passing outward from the cerebral cortex)
neuromotor (relating to a nerve fiber or impulse passing toward motor effectors)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)