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excitor

excitor

9.9
A nerve cell or structure that makes another nerve cell more active by sending a signal
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈsaɪtər/
  • Specialized
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  • The spinal excitor transmitted signals that caused the muscle fibers to contract suddenly.

Examples

  • Damage to an excitor in the brain can disrupt normal communication between nerve cells.

  • An excitor can enhance the signal in a synapse.

  • Researchers studied how each excitor affected the overall activity of the neural network.

  • The excitor plays a crucial role in neural communication.

  • The spinal excitor transmitted signals that caused the muscle fibers to contract suddenly.

  • Damage to an excitor in the brain can disrupt normal communication between nerve cells.

  • An excitor can enhance the signal in a synapse.

Surface Forms

excitor singular
exciters plural

Morphology

excitor = excite (semi-transparent) = excite + or

The agentive formation is clear, but the specialized biological sense (a nerve cell or structure) is technical and not entirely inferable at a B1 level.

Etymology

Excitor comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and citare 'to call into action', the same root as excite. So in biology an excitor is a nerve or part that 'calls' another cell into action or 'wakes it up', making it more active.