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Noun: motor nerve fiber
Usage: US (elsewhere: motor nerve fibre)
  1. A neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord
    "Damage to motor nerve fibers can lead to muscle weakness or paralysis";
    - motor neuron, efferent neuron, motoneuron, motor nerve fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: motor nerve fibers

Type of: nerve cell, neuron, neurone

Part of: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve