nerve impulse
nerve impulse
nounDefinition of NERVE IMPULSE
: the progressive physicochemical change in the membrane of a nerve fiber that follows stimulation and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector —called also nervous impulse
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1900
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