"nerve impulse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nerve impulses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nerve impulse (plural nerve impulses)
  1. (physiology) The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract). Wikipedia link: nerve impulse Categories (topical): Physiology Related terms: action potential, synapse Translations (signal transmitted along a nerve fibre): 神經衝動 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经冲动 (shénjīng chōngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), hermoimpulssi (Finnish), potentiel d’action [masculine] (French), influx nerveux [masculine] (French), elektrische Erregung einer Nervenzelle [feminine] (German), Aktionspotenzial eines Neurons [neuter] (German), Nervenimpuls [masculine] (German), ઊર્મિવેગ (ūrmiveg) (Gujarati), néar-ríog [feminine] (Irish), karere io (Maori), demareragihandin (Northern Kurdish), impuls nervos [neuter] (Romanian), не́рвный и́мпульс (nérvnyj ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), impulso nervioso [masculine] (Spanish), nervimpuls (Swedish), pitlag ng dagandam (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-nerve_impulse-en-noun-RgXSaSvw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

Inflected forms

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