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nerve fiber
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nerve fiber
noun
Anatomy, Physiology
.
a process, axon, or dendrite of a nerve
cell
.
Origin:
1830–40
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Medical Dictionary
nerve fiber
n.
A threadlike process of a neuron, especially the axon that conducts nerve impulses.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Science Dictionary
nerve fiber
See
axon
.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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Example sentences
Each of these corpuscles is attached to and encloses the termination of a single
nerve fiber
.
In the other half the disease is localized, causing wedge-shaped abnormalities in the
nerve fiber
layers of the retina.
Damage to the
nerve fiber
or entire nerve cell can make the nerve stop working.
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