Incito-motor

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incito-motor \In*ci`to-mo"tor\, a. [L. incitus incited + E.
     motor.] (Physiol.)
     Inciting to motion; -- applied to that action which, in the
     case of muscular motion, commences in the nerve centers, and
     excites the muscles to contraction. Opposed to
     {excito-motor}.


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