MYONEURAL JUNCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does myoneural junction mean? 

• MYONEURAL JUNCTION (noun)
  The noun MYONEURAL JUNCTION has 1 sense:

1. the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

  Familiarity information: MYONEURAL JUNCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYONEURAL JUNCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

myoneural junction; neuromuscular junction

Hypernyms ("myoneural junction" is a kind of...):

synapse (the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle)