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Innervation

noun

The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland. Synonyms: excitation, irritation.

The distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region.

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... unconscious ideation, because the liberation of pain might emanate from the ideation. The foundation is here laid for a very definite assumption concerning the nature of the affective development. It is regarded as a motor or secondary activity, the key to the innervation of which is located in the presentations of the Unc. Through the domination of the Forec. these presentations become, as it were, throttled and inhibited at the exit of the emotion-developing impulses. The danger, ...

— Dream Psychology - Psychoanalysis for Beginners • Sigmund Freud

Words linked to "Innervation" : distribution, arousal, dispersion, innervate, irritation, excitation