† recipio-motoradj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: recipient adj., -o- connective, motor adj.

Etymology: < recipi- (in recipient adj.) + -o- connective + motor adj. Compare earlier dirigo-motor adj.

Psychology. Obsolete. rare.

In the terminology of Herbert Spencer: (of a nerve) capable of transmitting nerve impulses from receptors; afferent.

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1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 49 We shall be..helped by thinking of the afferent nerves as recipio-motor and the efferent nerves as dirigo-motor.

1872 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 55 190 They are, in accordance with Dr. Bastian's theory, remembered sounds, and are probably represented in the auditory perceptive centre by receptive or recipio-motor cell-groups.

1892 B. C. Burt Hist. Mod. Philos. II. §163. 252 There are afferent or recipio-motor and efferent or dirigo-motor nerves, and libero-motor nerve centres.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	recipio-motor
释义	† recipio-motoradj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: recipient adj., -o- connective, motor adj. Etymology: < recipi- (in recipient adj.) + -o- connective + motor adj. Compare earlier dirigo-motor adj. Psychology. Obsolete. rare. In the terminology of Herbert Spencer: (of a nerve) capable of transmitting nerve impulses from receptors; afferent. ΚΠ 1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 49 We shall be..helped by thinking of the afferent nerves as recipio-motor and the efferent nerves as dirigo-motor. 1872 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 55 190 They are, in accordance with Dr. Bastian's theory, remembered sounds, and are probably represented in the auditory perceptive centre by receptive or recipio-motor cell-groups. 1892 B. C. Burt Hist. Mod. Philos. II. §163. 252 There are afferent or recipio-motor and efferent or dirigo-motor nerves, and libero-motor nerve centres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1870
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