definitions

end plate

noun

Mining. one of the shorter members of a set.Compare wall plate(def 3).
Cell Biology. a specialized area on the surface of a muscle fiber where a motor neuron makes contact with the muscle, consisting of an irregularly shaped trough into which the terminal portion of the axon fits.

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Nearby words

end of steel, end of the line, end organ, end piece, end pin, end plate, end product, end rhyme, end run, end sheet, end stage

Origin of end plate

First recorded in 1875–80
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for end plate

end plate

n.

The area of synaptic contact between a motor nerve and a muscle fiber.
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