单词 | innervate |
释义 | innervate (once / 60612 pages) v Unless you’re into anatomy or zoology, you probably don’t need the word innervate very often. It’s pronounced “inNERVate," accent on the “nerve.” To innervate is “to supply nerves to.” It also means “to stimulate” or “to supply with energy.” The word innervate sounds like what it is — it means to “put the nerves into” something. When nerves go into muscle fiber, they innervate the muscle fiber. Innervate is to supply nerves to something, but it can also mean to energize. Think of all the energy you have when you get nervous! Sometimes nervousness can even innervate the hairs on your arms, i.e. stimulate them and make them stand up. WORD FAMILYinnervate: innervated, innervates, innervating, innervation+/innervation: innervations USAGE EXAMPLESSome subsets of motor neurons, including those that innervate the extraocular muscles or sphincters, are spared until late in the progression of the disease. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) “As it goes down, the branches innervate the muscle, and then it goes down to the thumb over here,” he says. National Geographic(Jul 29, 2016) Each is innervated by a separate branch of the phrenic nerve. New York Times(Nov 06, 2015) 1v stimulate to action innervate a muscle or a nerve Hyper excite, stimulate act as a stimulant 2v supply nerves to (some organ or body part) Hyper furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to |
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