excitomotory
adj1
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences Archaic Exciting motion; said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex action, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve centre and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition.
- excitomotory action
- excitomotory function
1 more example
- excitomotory power
- Coordinate terms
- incitomotor, excitosecretory