Definition of nerve

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Nerve (n.) Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.

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Trochleary :: Trochleary (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve..
Thew :: Thew (n.) Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
Accelerator :: Accelerator (n.) One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves..
Twitter :: Twitter (v. i.) To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
Vagus :: Vagus (a.) Wandering; -- applied especially to the pneumogastric nerve.
Enervate :: Enervate (v. t.) To deprive of nerve, force, strength, or courage; to render feeble or impotent; to make effeminate; to impair the moral powers of..
Brachial :: Brachial (a.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve..
Unicostate :: Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Neurotic :: Neurotic (n.) Any toxic agent whose action is mainly directed to the great nerve centers.
Temporo-auricular :: Temporo-auricular (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve..
Myelin :: Myelin (n.) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers..
Unipolar :: Unipolar (a.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.
Vasoconstrictor :: Vasoconstrictor (a.) Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic..
Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve..
Porta :: Porta (n.) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus.
Auditory :: Auditory (a.) Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See Ear..
Ophthalmic :: Ophthalmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead..
Neurography :: Neurography (n.) A description of the nerves.
Pressor :: Pressor (a.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor..
Epiperipheral :: Epiperipheral (a.) Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral..
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