Definition of nerve

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Nerve (n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects..

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Varicose :: Varicose (a.) Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers..
Neurism :: Neurism (n.) Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital..
Lifestring :: Lifestring (n.) A nerve, or string, that is imagined to be essential to life..
Myelin :: Myelin (n.) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers..
Neurosensiferous :: Neurosensiferous (a.) Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs..
Oculonasal :: Oculonasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the region of the eye and the nose; as, the oculonasal, or nasal, nerve, one of the branches of the ophthalmic..
Feel :: Feel (v. i.) To appear to the touch; to give a perception; to produce an impression by the nerves of sensation; -- followed by an adjective describing the kind of sensation.
Homoeomerous :: Homoeomerous (a.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
Medullated :: Medullated (a.) Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber..
Nervate :: Nervate (a.) Nerved.
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Trigeminal :: Trigeminal (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial..
Nervation :: Nervation (n.) The arrangement of nerves and veins, especially those of leaves; neuration..
Nasopalatine :: Nasopalatine (a.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve..
Excito-motory :: Excito-motory (a.) Exciting motion; -- said of that portion of the nervous system concerned in reflex actions, by which impressions are transmitted to a nerve center and then reflected back so as to produce muscular contraction without sensation or volition..
Neural :: Neural (a.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal..
Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve..
Exodic :: Exodic (a.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic.
Perineurium :: Perineurium (n.) The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma..
Mylohyoid :: Mylohyoid (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus; as, the mylohyoid nerve..
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