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neuromuscular junction (myoneural junction) (newr-oh-mus-kew-ler) n. the meeting point of a motor nerve fibre and the muscle fibre that it supplies. It consists of a minute gap across which a neurotransmitter must diffuse from the nerve to trigger contraction of the muscle.

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