endplate
Britishnoun
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any usually flat platelike structure at the end of something
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physiol the flattened end of a motor nerve fibre, which transmits impulses to muscle
Example Sentences
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The collision tore off Leclerc's left-front endplate but it did not seem to compromise him and he tracked Hamilton through the first stint, following in his wheel tracks up to the first pit stops.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
This suggests there is an ongoing dysfunctional production of new bone tissue within the spinal endplate in the ageing or injured spine, and that treatment to remove the senescent osteoclasts could halt this process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2023
He managed to avoid a big crash, but the car's rear-wing endplate clipped the barriers as he slid sideways and was damaged.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021
A climactic finale was only denied when Rindt was forced to pit with a loose endplate that was damaging az tyre.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2019
This, it had been known, acts on an "endplate" in the muscle.
From Time Magazine Archive
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