Definition of nerve

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Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body..

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Incisor :: Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth..
Conine :: Conine (n.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2..
Amphineura :: Amphineura (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.
Smell :: Smell (n.) To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate materials or qualities; to obtain the scent of; as, to smell a rose; to smell perfumes..
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins..
Plexus :: Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers..
Gustatory :: Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue..
Temporo-auricular :: Temporo-auricular (a.) Of or pertaining to both the temple and the ear; as, the temporo-auricular nerve..
Supramaxillary :: Supramaxillary (a.) Situated over the lower jaw; as, the supramaxillary nerve..
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body..
Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..
Catelectrotonus :: Catelectrotonus (n.) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it..
Neurocity :: Neurocity (n.) Nerve force.
Rib :: Rib (n.) The chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf..
Sympathetical :: Sympathetic (a.) Of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system or some of its branches; produced by stimulation on the sympathetic nervious system or some part of it; as, the sympathetic saliva, a modified form of saliva, produced from some of the salivary glands by stimulation of a sympathetic nerve fiber..
Binervate :: Binervate (a.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.
Excito-motion :: Excito-motion (n.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
Betel :: Betel (n.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves..
Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts..
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