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renervate en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + nerve + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To restore nerve stimulation to.
   • 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. 2006, Claude G. Wasterlain, David M. Treiman, Status Epilepticus: Mechanisms and Management, page 441:
   • Initially, surviving neurones compensate for this by producing axon branches to renervate denervated muscle fibres. 2012, William J. MacLennan, Norman R. Peden, Metabolic and Endocrine Problems in the Elderly:
2. (intransitive) (of a body part) To regain nerve stimulation.
   • In addition to that, Dr. Shumway would tell you that hearts tend to renervate after six months. 1982, Albert Vincent Godefridus Bruschke, Gerard Herpen, Frans E. E. Vermeulen, Coronary Artery Disease Today, page 90:
3. (obsolete) To have one's strength to return.

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Relateds

innervate · denervate · enervate