Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The reflex action of the nervous system; motion excited in nerves by external stimuli and reflected in muscular motion.
  • noun In botany, the power of self-motion in leaves.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Physiol.) The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun physiology The movement caused in the sensory organs by external agents and transmitted to the muscles by the nerves.

Etymologies

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nerve + motion

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