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
The debris was Verstappen's front wing endplate but its loss seemed not to slow him down.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023
Finally, because porous endplates allow new nerves to grow into the endplate bone, causing sensitivity, the authors looked at whether senescent osteoclasts play a role in this process.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2023
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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