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Jan. 16, 2015
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\in-ter-NUHN-shuhl\
adjective
1. serving to announce or connect.
2. Anatomy. (of a nerve cell or a chain of nerve cells) serving to connect nerve fibers.
Quotes
The two synapses integral to this reflex circuit are separated by an internuncial or connecting neuron.
-- W. Bruce Currie, Structure and Function of Domestic Animals, 1992
Origin
Internuncial stems from the Latin word internuntius meaning "intermediary."
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