internuncial

[ in-ter-nuhn-shuhl ]

adjective
  1. serving to announce or connect.

  2. Anatomy. (of a nerve cell or a chain of nerve cells) serving to connect nerve fibers.

Origin of internuncial

1
1835–45; <Latin internūnti(us) intermediary + -al1

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British Dictionary definitions for internuncial

internuncial

/ (ˌɪntəˈnʌnʃəl) /


adjective
  1. physiol (esp of neurons) interconnecting: See internode

  2. of, relating to, or emanating from a papal internuncio

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