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internuncial, a.|ɪntəˈnʌnʃ(ɪ)əl|
[f. as next + -al1.]
Having the function of conveying messages between two parties, etc.; used fig. of the nerves as the organs of communication between different parts of the system.
1845Todd & Bowman Phys. Anat. I. 205 The threads of fibrous matter which pass to or from it are called nerves. The latter are internuncial in their office. 1860Spencer Ess., Social Org. I. 305 In the simplest organisms, there is no ‘internuncial apparatus’ as Hunter styled the nervous system. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. i. ii. §44 (1879) 44 A Nervous system, whose action may be purely internuncial,—that of calling forth Muscular movements in respondence to the impressions made by external agencies. |