or chiefly Brit  mo*to*neu*rone  n :  a neuron that passes from the central nervous system or a ganglion toward or to a muscle and conducts an impulse that causes movement - called also motor neuron  - compare ASSOCIATIVE NEURON SENSORY NEURON  mo*to*neu*ro*nal adj 
 
   
 
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