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Noun
                                                
                        
                            nerve impulse
                        
                                                
                        
                            nervous impulse
                        
                                                
                        
                            neural impulse
                        
                                                
                        
                            impulse
                        
                                                
                                                    
                
                    
                    Definition: the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
Definition: The signal transmitted along a nerve fibre, either in response to a stimulus (such as touch, pain or heat), or as an instruction (such as causing a muscle to contract).