Medical Dictionary
2fire
verb
firedfir·ing
Medical Definition of FIRE
transitive verb
1
: to cause to transmit a nerve impulse
2
: to sear (the leg of a horse) with a hot iron in order to convert a crippling chronic inflammation into an acute inflammation that will stimulate the natural healing responses of the body
intransitive verb
: to transmit a nerve impulse <the rate at which a neuron fires>
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