Definition of nerve

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Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf..

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Neuropathy :: Neuropathy (n.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.
Visual :: Visual (a.) Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve..
Nervine :: Nervine (a.) Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.
Neurosensiferous :: Neurosensiferous (a.) Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs..
Trochleary :: Trochleary (a.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve..
Nervate :: Nervate (a.) Nerved.
Gustatory :: Gustatory (a.) Pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue..
Decussation :: Decussation (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc..
Accelerator :: Accelerator (n.) One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves..
Chiasma :: Chiasma (n.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves..
Neurilemma :: Neurilemma (n.) The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.
Inhibitor :: Inhibitor (n.) That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve..
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..
Neurosis :: Neurosis (n.) A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure..
Thew :: Thew (n.) Muscle or strength; nerve; brawn; sinew.
Vagal :: Vagal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric..
Neurography :: Neurography (n.) A description of the nerves.
Excito-motion :: Excito-motion (n.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
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..
Nerved :: Nerved (a.) Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved..
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