excitomotor

[ ik-sahy-tuh-moh-ter ]

adjective

, Physiology.

1. causing an increase of motor activity:

   excitomotor nerves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of excitomotor¹

First recorded in 1830–40; excito- + motor

Example Sentences

His pamphlet, "On the Mesoblastic Origin of Excitomotor Nerve Roots," had won him his fellowship of the Royal Society; and his researches, "Upon the Nature of Bathybius, with some Remarks upon Lithococci," had been translated into at least three European languages.

From Project Gutenberg

Professor Tarchanoff does not profess to give any positive explanation of these facts, but he inclines to the view that 'the voluntary muscles, being furnished with excitomotor and depressant fibers, act in relation to the music similarly to the heart—that is to say, that joyful music resounds along the excitomotor fibers, and sad music along the depressant or inhibitory fibers.'

From Project Gutenberg

His pamphlet, On the Mesoblastic Origin of Excitomotor Nerve Roots, had won him his fellowship of the Royal Society; and his researches, Upon the Nature of Bathybius, with some Remarks upon Lithococci, had been translated into at least three European languages.

From Project Gutenberg