incito-motoradj.
/ɪnˌsʌɪtəʊˈməʊtə/ rare.
Inciting to motion or muscular action; applied to the action of the nervous centres which determine the contraction of the muscles through the intermediation of the motor nerves. Also erroneously identified with excito-motor.
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motive?a1425
recurrent1578
motory1683
refluent1741
abducent1752
motorial1768
internuncial1821
motor1823
centrifugal1828
unfilamentous1828
masticatory1834
aesthesodic1859
incito-motor1865
vaso-motor1865
kinesodic1874
centripetal1877
vaso-motorial1877
incito-motory1884
augmentor1885
pilomotor1891
postfixed1892
postganglionic1892
precellular1892
prefixed1892
preganglionic1892
plurisegmental1898
nocifensor1936
1865 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) Incito or Incito Motor, an epithet applied to an action the reverse of excitomotor, as in the case of muscular motion, which commences in the nervous centres and excites the muscles to contraction.
1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Incito-motor, same as Excito-motor.
Derivatives
inˌcito-ˈmotory adj.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > types of nerves > [adjective]
motive?a1425
recurrent1578
motory1683
refluent1741
abducent1752
motorial1768
internuncial1821
motor1823
centrifugal1828
unfilamentous1828
masticatory1834
aesthesodic1859
incito-motor1865
vaso-motor1865
kinesodic1874
centripetal1877
vaso-motorial1877
incito-motory1884
augmentor1885
pilomotor1891
postfixed1892
postganglionic1892
precellular1892
prefixed1892
preganglionic1892
plurisegmental1898
nocifensor1936
1884 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. i Incito-motory.
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