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Irritation :: Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation..

Rheomotor :: Rheomotor (n.) Any apparatus by which an electrical current is originated.

Winding :: Winding (n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object; as, the windings (conducting wires) wound around the armature of an electric motor or generator..

Fulgurating :: Fulgurating (a.) Resembling lightning; -- used to describe intense lancinating pains accompanying locomotor ataxy.

Vasomotor :: Vasomotor (a.) Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels..

Motory :: Motory (n.) Alt. of Motoria.

Mover :: Mover (n.) A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor..

Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (n.) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc..

Kinesodic :: Kinesodic (a.) Conveying motion; as; kinesodic substance; -- applied esp. to the spinal cord, because it is capable of conveying doth voluntary and reflex motor impulses, without itself being affected by motor impulses applied to it directly..

Exodic :: Exodic (a.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

Phonomotor :: Phonomotor (n.) An instrument in which motion is produced by the vibrations of a sounding body.

Calorimotor :: Calorimotor (n.) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects..

Tetanomotor :: Tetanomotor (n.) An instrument from tetanizing a muscle by irritating its nerve by successive mechanical shocks.

Dynamometer :: Dynamometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery..

Manumotor :: Manumotor (n.) A small wheel carriage, so constructed that a person sitting in it may move it..

Motor :: Motor (n.) Alt. of Motoria.

Akinesia :: Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

Psycho-motor :: Psycho-motor (a.) Of or pertaining to movement produced by action of the mind or will.

Incito-motor :: Incito-motor (a.) Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to excito-motor..

Motor :: Motor (n.) A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work..

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