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nerve impulse

noun(nerve impulse)

the progressive physicochemical change in the membrane of a nerve fiber that follows stimulation and serves to transmit a record of sensation from a receptor or an instruction to act to an effector —called also nervous impulse

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nerve impulse Definition

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