innervation

From innervate +‎ -ion.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃn̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ɪˌnɝˈveɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

innervation (countable and uncountable, plural innervations)

1. (anatomy, zoology):
   1. The act of innervating or stimulating.
   2. Special activity excited in any part of the nervous system or in any organ of sense or motion; the nervous influence necessary for the maintenance of life, and the functions of the various organs.
   3. The distribution of nerves in an animal, or to any of its parts.

• “innervation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “innervate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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innervation f (plural innervations)

1. innervation

• “innervation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.