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Medical Definition of Law of specific nerve energies
1. Each type of sensory nerve ending, however stimulated (electrically, mechanically, etc.), gives rise to its own specific sensation; moreover, each type of sensation depends not upon any special character of the different nerves but upon the part of the brain in which their fibres terminate. Synonym: law of specific nerve energies. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Law Of Specific Nerve Energies
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