SYN: motor neuron.
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mo·to·neu·ron .mōt-ə-'n(y)ü-.rän, -'n(y)u̇(ə)r-.än or chiefly Brit mo·to·neu·rone -.rōn, -.ōn n motor neuron
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mo·to·neu·ron (mo″to-noorґon) an efferent neuron conveying motor impulses. Called also motor neuron.
Motoneuron shown as the efferent neuron in a three-neuron reflex arc.
Medical dictionary. 2011.