internuncial
Americanadjective
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serving to announce or connect.
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Anatomy. (of a nerve cell or a chain of nerve cells) serving to connect nerve fibers.
adjective
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physiol (esp of neurons) interconnecting See internode
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of, relating to, or emanating from a papal internuncio
Etymology
Origin of internuncial
1835–45; < Latin internūnti ( us ) intermediary + -al 1
Example Sentences
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After a long period during which the directive centres communicate with various parts of the society through other means, there at last comes into existence an "internuncial apparatus," analogous to that found in individual bodies.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert
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