NOUN | event | nerve impulse, nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse | the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber |
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Meaning | The electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber. | |
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Synonyms | nervous impulse, neural impulse, impulse | |
Narrower | action potential | The local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted |
Broader | electrical discharge | A discharge of electricity |
Spanish | impulso nervioso | |
Catalan | impuls nerviós |
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