Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nerve_impulse

1 sense of nerve impulse

Sense 1
nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse -- (the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus")
       => electrical discharge -- (a discharge of electricity)

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