innervation

English

Etymology

From innervate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪˌnɝˈveɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innervation (countable and uncountable, plural innervations)

1. (anatomy, zoology):
   1. The act of innervating or stimulating.
   2. Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
   3. The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.

Derived terms

• deinnervation
• dysinnervation
• hyperinnervation
• hypoinnervation
• innervational
• monoinnervation
• neoinnervation
• polyinnervation

 

Translations

act of innervating

• Finnish: hermoärsytys

special excited activity

• Finnish: vaste (fi)
• Spanish: inervación (es) f

distribution of nerves

• Finnish: hermotus (fi)

References

• “innervation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “innervate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

innervation f (plural innervations)

1. innervation

Further reading

• “innervation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.