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Tendinous :: Tendinous (a.) Full of tendons; sinewy; as, nervous and tendinous parts of the body..

Neuro- :: Neuro- () A combining denoting a nerve, of / pertaining to a nerve / the nervous system..

Head :: Head (n.) The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the chief sensory organs; poll; cephalon..

Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..

Sinewy :: Sinewy (a.) Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax..

Gangliated :: Gangliated (a.) Furnished with ganglia; as, the gangliated cords of the sympathetic nervous system..

Heterogangliate :: Heterogangliate (a.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; -- said of certain invertebrate animals.

Epileptogenous :: Epileptogenous (a.) Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions..

Peripheral :: Peripheral (a.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system..

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..

Tarantism :: Tarantism (n.) A nervous affection producing melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance. It was supposed to be produced by the bite of the tarantula, and considered to be incapable of cure except by protracted dancing to appropriate music..

Fornix :: Fornix (n.) Esp., two longitudinal bands of white nervous tissue beneath the lateral ventricles of the brain..

Nervine :: Nervine (a.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.

Interganglionic :: Interganglionic (a.) Between and uniting the nervous ganglions; as, interganglionic cords..

Osteophone :: Osteophone (n.) An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing..

Twittering :: Twittering (n.) A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense..

Stiacciato :: Sthenic (a.) Strong; active; -- said especially of morbid states attended with excessive action of the heart and blood vessels, and characterized by strength and activity of the muscular and nervous system; as, a sthenic fever..

Enervous :: Enervous (a.) Lacking nerve or force; enervated.

Neuro-epidermal :: Neuro-epidermal (a.) Pertaining to, or giving rise to, the central nervous system and epiderms; as, the neuroepidermal, or epiblastic, layer of the blastoderm..

Cough :: Cough (v. i.) A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc..

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