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What's The Definition Of Nerve?
[n] impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
[n] the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball" [n] any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body [v] get ready for something difficult or unpleasant Synonyms | Synonyms for Nerve: boldness | brass | cheek | face | heart | mettle | nervus | spunk | steel Related Terms | Find terms related to Nerve: afferent neuron | animate | annoy | anxiety | aplomb | apprehension | assurance | assure | audacity | autonomic nervous system | axon | backbone | balance | balanced personality | balls | beef up | boldness | bolster | bottle | bottom | brace | brace up | brain | brashness | brass | bravery | brazenness | buck up | buttress | case harden | central nervous system | cerebral cortex | cheek | cheer | chirk up | chutzpah | confidence | confirm | constancy | cool | coolness | courage | craniosacral nervous system | crust | daring | dauntlessness | dendrite | determination | doughtiness | effector organ | efferent neuron | effrontery | embolden | encourage | equilibrium | face | fastness | fearlessness | firmness | fortify | fortitude | forwardness | fretfulness | fright | gall | ganglion | gird | gray matter | grit | gumption | guts | gutsiness | guttiness | harden | hardihood | hardiness | heart | heart of oak | hearten | homeostasis | hysteria | impertinence | imperturbability | importunacy | importunateness | impudence | insolence | inspire | inspirit | internuncial neuron | intestinal fortitude | intrepidity | invariability | invigorate | irritate | medullary sheath | mettle | moxie | nerve trunk | nerves | nervous system | nervousness | neuron | peripheral nervous system | pith | plexus | pluck | presumption | presumptuousness | prop | pushiness | reassure | refresh | reinforce | reinvigorate | reliability | resoluteness | restrengthen | rootedness | sand | sang-froid | sauce | secureness | security | self-assertion | self-assertiveness | self-expression | self-expressiveness | sensorium | sensory area | sensory cell | shore up | solar plexus | solidity | soundness | spinal cord | spirit | spunk | stability | stable equilibrium | stable state | stamina | staunchness | steadfastness | steadiness | steady nerves | steady state | steel | stiffen | stout heart | strengthen | stress | substantiality | support | sustain | synapse | temerity | temper | tenacity | tension | the heebie-jeebies | thoracolumbar nervous system | toughen | toughness | undeflectability | undergird | uniformity | unshakable nerves | unshakableness | upset | valor | white matter | will | worry See Also | aggressiveness | audaciousness | audacity | brace | bravery | chutzpah | courage | courageousness | cranial nerve | cubital nerve | depressor | depressor nerve | fascicle | fasciculus | fiber bundle | fibre bundle | hutzpa | motor nerve | musculospiral nerve | nerve fiber | nerve fibre | nervus ischiadicus | nervus radialis | nervus saphenus | nervus spinalis | nervus ulnaris | poise | radial nerve | radicle | saphenous nerve | sciatic nerve | sensory nerve | spinal nerve | splanchnic nerve | synapse | ulnar nerve Nerve In Webster's Dictionary \Nerve\, n. [OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin to Gr. ?
sinew, nerve; cf. ? string, bowstring; perh. akin to E.
needle. Cf. {Neuralgia}.]
1. (Anat.) 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.
Note: An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of
nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath
(the perineurium) and all bound together in a
connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium)
containing blood vessels and lymphatics.
2. A sinew or a tendon. --Pope.
3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control;
constitutional vigor.
he led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of
mortal arm. --Milton.
4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal
danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and
endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
5. Audacity; assurance. [Slang]
6. (Bot.) 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.
7. (Zo["o]l.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of
insects.
{Nerve cell} (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which
nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell.
{Nerve fiber} (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are
made up. These fibers are either {medullated} or
{nonmedullated}. in both kinds the essential part is the
translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous
the whole length of the fiber.
{Nerve stretching} (Med.), the operation of stretching a
nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which
are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the
nerve or its connections.
\Nerve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nerved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nerving}.] To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm. |
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