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nerve impulse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
nerve im-pulse
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Inflected Forms

nerve impulses (plural)

Phrases

action potential

Frequently Paired Words

action potential synapse

Synonyms

nervous impulse neural impulse impulse

Questions

What does nerve impulse mean?
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).

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