innervation

[ in-er-vey-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
2. Anatomy. the distribution of nerves to a part.

Other Words From

• inner·vation·al adjective
• hyper·inner·vation adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of innervation¹

First recorded in 1825–35; innervate + -ion

Example Sentences

In first clinical studies, researchers have injected precursors of dopaminergic neurons into the striatum, to try and make up for the lost natural innervation.

From Science Daily

Interestingly, Zhang et al. found that the propensity of an area to turn grey correlates with its level of sympathetic innervation.

From Nature

NGF-deficient mice have pronounced disruption of sympathetic innervation of multiple peripheral tissues7, but BAT innervation has not been specifically examined in this context.

From Nature

“They had improved shape, size, bone, innervation, and function.”

From Fox News

Organs and tissues need effective vascular, lymphatic and innervation networks, but these are not part of the current design template; nor do they have enough time to develop organically before the transplant organ dies.

From Nature

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