Word Study
innervate
CIDE DICTIONARY
innervate, v. t. [See Innerve.].
To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
innervate, v.tr. supply (an organ etc.) with nerves.
Derivative
innervation n.
Etymology
IN-(2) + L nervus nerve + -ATE(3)
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