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INHIBITORY NERVE

\ɪnhˈɪbɪtəɹˌi nˈɜːv], \ɪnhˈɪbɪtəɹˌi nˈɜːv], \ɪ_n_h_ˈɪ_b_ɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi n_ˈɜː_v]\

Definitions of INHIBITORY NERVE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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One whose stimulation inhibits or reduces the activity of an organ.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A n. which lessens or stops the action of the part which it innervates. See also inhibitory fibers, under fiber.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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