motor unit

noun Cell Biology, Physiology.

a motor neuron and the muscle fibers innervated by its axon.

Origin of motor unit

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby motor unit

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Example sentences from the Web for motor unit

  • The upshot of it was that somebody reported him, and the officer in command of his "motor-unit" read him a stern lecture.

    Jimmie Higgins |Upton Sinclair

  • He wrote a letter to the officer in command of his motor-unit, telling what had happened to him, and couldn't it be arranged?

    Jimmie Higgins |Upton Sinclair

Medical definitions for motor unit

motor unit

n.

A single somatic motor neuron and the group of muscle fibers innervated by it.