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Innervate

In-ner′vate

(ĭn-nẽr′vāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Innerve
.]
(Anat.)
To supply with nerves;
as, the heart is
innervated
by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches
.

Definition 2024

innervate

innervate

English

Verb

innervate ‎(third-person singular simple present innervates, present participle innervating, simple past and past participle innervated)

  1. To supply (part of the body) with nerves
  2. To stimulate a nerve (or other part of the body) into action

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Italian

Verb

innervate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of innervare
  2. second-person plural imperative of innervare
  3. feminine plural of innervato

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Etymology

from in ‎(“in”) + nervus ‎(“nerve”) recorded since circa 1374, from Medieval Latin , from Latin nervus ‎(“sinew”) + the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum.

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