Neuromuscular

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the voluntary or reflexive control of muscles by nerves. not-comparable

    "Multiple sclerosis is a neuromuscular disease."

Adjective
  1. 1
    affecting or characteristic of both neural and muscular tissue wordnet

Synonyms

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myoneuralmyoneural

Example

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"Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS, is a rare but devastating neuromuscular condition with no known cure which is nearly always fatal."

Etymology

From neuro- + muscular.

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neuromuscular junction

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