innervate
pronunciation
How to pronounce innervate in British English:
UK [ɪ'nɜ:veɪt]
How to pronounce innervate in American English:
US [ɪ'nɜveɪt]
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- Verb:
- supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
- stimulate to action
Word Origin
- innervate (v.)
- 1870, from in- (2) "in" + Latin nervus (see nerve) + -ate. Probably rather a back-formation from innervation (1832). Related: Innervated. Innervation in psychology is from 1880.
Example
- 1. Some parasympathetic fibers innervate the vertricular blood vessels .
- 2. I do think the feral flexibility will still count for something , as will unique abilities like innervate .
- 3. The remaining portion of the left nerve innervate the anterior wall of the stomach .
- 4. Conclusion the recurrent laryngeal nerve innervate all the intrinsic muscles of the larynx except cricothyroid muscle , paralysis of the nerve leads to atrophy of related muscles .