Definition of Augmentor

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Augmentor

augmented sixth
augmented sixth chord
augmented sixth chords
augmented sixths
augmented third
augmented thirds
augmented triad
augmented triads
augmented unison
augmented unisons
augmenter
augmenters
augmentin
augmenting
augmentless
augmentor (current term)
augmentor fibres
augmentor nerves
augmentors
augments
augnathus
augur
augural
auguration
augured
augurer
augurers
augurial
auguries
auguring

Literary usage of Augmentor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"They may be traced to the cardiac plexus. These fibres are not centrifugal branches of the vagus or the augmentor nerves, for the characteristic ..."

2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1905)
"... ACTION OF INHIBITORY AND augmentor NERVES. Direct proof that the rhythm of the heart is due to the presence of electrolytes in the circulating medium is ..."

3. The Clinical Journal (1898)
"But at best the augmentor nerves can only be a temporary measure for improving the beat of the heart, their continued action would be fatal to the strength ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"An assumed excitation of the augmentor nerves could not afford a probable explanation of these facts; and the evidence points very decidedly to changes in ..."

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