Definition of Exodic

1. a. Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.

Definition of Exodic

1. Adjective. (biology) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exodic

1. pertaining to an exodus [adj] - See also: exodus

Medical Definition of Exodic

1. Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic. Origin: Gr. Belonging to departure. See Exodus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exodic

exocytosed
exocytoses
exocytosing
exocytosis
exocytotic
exocytotic vesicle
exode
exodeoxyribonuclease
exodeoxyribonucleases
exoderm
exodermis
exodermises
exoderms
exodes
exodeviation
exodic (current term)
exodic nerve
exodist
exodists
exodoi
exodontia
exodontias
exodontic
exodontics
exodontist
exodontists
exodos
exodus
exoduses
exody

Literary usage of Exodic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1855)
"... the spinal centre, an exodic nerve, and muscular terminations. The law of action, the mode of action, the channel of action, are in all identical or ..."

2. Semi-monthly Medical News (1859)
"To the nerve leading from the spinal cord to the muscles, the term exodic is applied, which means the way out. When the nerve influence passes from the ..."

3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1855)
"... the spinal centre, an exodic nerve, and muscular terminations. The law of action, the mode of action, the channel of action, are in all identical or ..."

4. The Southern Medical and Surgical Journal by Medical College of Georgia (1855)
"... excitor influence, and the exodic excitor influence, when that centre is removed. The spinal centre is the general key-stone to the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Exodic on Dictionary.com!Search for Exodic on Thesaurus.com!Search for Exodic on Google!Search for Exodic on Wikipedia!