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nerve fiber
noun
, Anatomy, Physiology.
- a process, axon, or dendrite of a nerve cell.
nerve fiber
- See axon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nerve fiber1
First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences
It is believed that each is sensitive to a particular vibration rate and that each is also attached to a nerve fiber.
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Corporals, sensitive as the bulb of nerve fiber at the end of a cat's whisker, are given the merry hand with a marble heart.
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Like the copper rod, the axis cylinder along which the nerve impulse travels is the essential part of a nerve fiber.
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He awoke from his stupor with a shock that set every nerve-fiber quivering.
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