† neuricityn.
Physiology. Obsolete. rare.
Nervous activity.
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1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. I. 318 Neuricity is convertible into myonicity and into other forms of polar force.
1871 Harper's Mag. Dec. 150/2 The various peripheral expansions of sensitive nerves take up undulations or vibrations, and convert them into waves, capable of being propagated along nervous tissue (neuricity, as it has been named).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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