"motor unit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: motor units [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} motor unit (plural motor units)
  1. (neurology) A neuron with its associated muscle fibres. Categories (topical): Neurology Translations (neuron and fibres): motorinen yksikkö (Finnish), unité motrice [feminine] (French), aonad mótair [masculine] (Irish), motorisk enhet (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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