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Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve..

Nerved :: Nerved (imp. & p. p.) of Nerv.

Overstrain :: Overstrain (v. t.) To stretch or strain too much; as to overstrain one's nerves.

Neuralgia :: Neuralgia (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion..

Neurotome :: Neurotome (n.) An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.

Fan-nerved :: Fan-nerved (a.) Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects..

Stimulation :: Stimulate (v. t.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity..

Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..

Innervate :: Innervate (v. t.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches..

Apolar :: Apolar (a.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Neurocity :: Neurocity (n.) Nerve force.

Nerve :: Nerve (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm..

Basal-nerved :: Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

Optical :: Optical (a.) Of or pertaining to the eye; ocular; as, the optic nerves (the first pair of cranial nerves) which are distributed to the retina. See Illust. of Brain, and Eye..

Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..

Irritation :: Irritation (n.) The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation..

Avenious :: Avenious (a.) Being without veins or nerves, as the leaves of certain plants..

Psychophysics :: Psychophysics (n.) The science of the connection between nerve action and consciousness; the science which treats of the relations of the psychical and physical in their conjoint operation in man; the doctrine of the relation of function or dependence between body and soul.

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear..

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