nerve
— Noun
– English
~ impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
nerve impulse
— Noun
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~ the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber; "they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus"
nerve center
— Noun
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~ a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
nerve
— Noun
– English
~ any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
nerve end
— Noun
– English
~ the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
nerve
— Noun
– English
~ the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
nerve fibre
— Noun
– English
~ a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
nerve ending
— Noun
– English
~ the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse
nerve centre
— Noun
– English
~ a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
nerve growth factor
— Noun
– English
~ a protein that is involved in the growth of peripheral nerve cells
nerve deafness
— Noun
– English
~ hearing loss due to failure of the auditory nerve
nerve gas
— Noun
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~ a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system
nerve block anaesthesia
— Noun
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~ anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
nerve compression
— Noun
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~ harmful pressure on a nerve (especially in nerves that pass over rigid prominences); causes nerve damage and muscle weakness
nerve centre
— Noun
– English
~ a center that provides information and control; "the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam"
nerve fiber
— Noun
– English
~ a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
nerve center
— Noun
– English
~ a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
nerve block anesthesia
— Noun
– English
~ anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
nerve entrapment
— Noun
– English
~ repeated and long-term nerve compression (usually in nerves near joints that are subject to inflammation or swelling)
nerve
— Verb
– English
~ get ready for something difficult or unpleasant