Definition of nerve

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

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Nervure :: Nervure (n.) One of the nerves of leaves.
Inframaxillary :: Inframaxillary (a.) Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve..
Ambulacrum :: Ambulacrum (n.) One of the radical zones of echinoderms, along which run the principal nerves, blood vessels, and water tubes. These zones usually bear rows of locomotive suckers or tentacles, which protrude from regular pores. In star fishes they occupy the grooves along the under side of the rays..
Musculospiral :: Musculospiral (a.) Of or pertaining to the muscles, and taking a spiral course; -- applied esp. to a large nerve of the arm..
Excito-motion :: Excito-motion (n.) Motion excited by reflex nerves. See Excito-motory.
Rhinencephalon :: Rhinencephalon (n.) The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise..
Apolar :: Apolar (a.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
Lecithin :: Lecithin (n.) A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the brain and nerve tissue, in yolk of eggs, and in the white blood corpuscles..
Nonmedullated :: Nonmedullated (a.) Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber..
Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery..
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..
Cubital :: Cubital (a.) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle..
Metachrosis :: Metachrosis (n.) The power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc..
Varicosity :: Varicosity (n.) An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers..
Feminine :: Feminine (a.) Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate..
Akinesia :: Akinesia (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.
Incisor :: Incisor (a.) Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth..
Dentiphone :: Dentiphone (n.) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone..
Myelin :: Myelin (n.) One of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers..
Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve..
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