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

Derived forms: motor nerve fibres

Type of: nerve cell, neuron, neurone

Part of: efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve