English

Alternative forms

Noun

vibratiuncle ‎(plural vibratiuncles)

1. A minuscule or slight vibration.
2. (specifically, historical) A minute vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind), corresponding to ideas of sensation and believed to account for memory.

Derived terms

• vibratiunculation

References

1. 1 2 “vibratiuncle” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)