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Nervous :: Nervous (a.) possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.

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

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..

Ataxy :: Ataxy (n.) The state of disorder that characterizes nervous fevers and the nervous condition.

Acrita :: Acrita (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed..

Taenia :: Taenia (n.) A band; a structural line; -- applied to several bands and lines of nervous matter in the brain.

Spleget :: Spleeny (a.) Affected with nervous complaints; melancholy.

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..

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

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

Neurasthenia :: Neurasthenia (n.) A condition of nervous debility supposed to be dependent upon impairment in the functions of the spinal cord.

Neurocord :: Neurocord (n.) A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm..

Nightmare :: Nightmare (n.) A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus..

Neuropathic :: Neuropathic (a.) Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease..

Glioma :: Glioma (n.) A tumor springing from the neuroglia or connective tissue of the brain, spinal cord, or other portions of the nervous system..

Neuropathy :: Neuropathy (n.) An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

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..

Chordata :: Chordata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord..

Excitability :: Excitability (n.) The property manifested by living organisms, and the elements and tissues of which they are constituted, of responding to the action of stimulants; irritability; as, nervous excitability..

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

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