Renervate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Renervate is a verb meaning (transitive) To restore nerve stimulation to.
Meaning
(transitive) To restore nerve stimulation to.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) (of a body part) To regain nerve stimulation.
- (obsolete) To have one's strength to return.
Example Sentences
In addition to that, Dr. Shumway would tell you that hearts tend to renervate after six months.
Initially, surviving neurones compensate for this by producing axon branches to renervate denervated muscle fibres.
Subsequently, studies by Lugaro (104), Ramón y Cajal (161), Van Harrelveld (202), Edds (49), and Hoffman (72) provided anatomic and physiologic evidence that intact fibers from partially cut peripheral nerves can generate axon sprouts that renervate muscles.
Word Forms
- renervates
- renervating
- renervated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neurotize, reinnervate, neurostimulate, innervate, chemodenervate, nerven.
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