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.
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- noun physiology The
movement caused in thesensory organs by external agents and transmitted to themuscles by thenerves .
Etymologies
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nerve + motion
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