gray matter
(ˈgreɪˌmeɪl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a reddish gray nerve tissue of the brain and spinal cord, consisting chiefly of nerve cell bodies, with few nerve fibers.
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sensory
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center
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gustatory cell
(taste cell, gustatory cell)
Princeton's WordNet
an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
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taste cell
(taste cell, gustatory cell)
Princeton's WordNet
an epithelial cell in a taste bud that activates sensory fibers of the facial nerve or the glossopharyngeal nerve or the vagus nerve
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myelin
Webster Dictionary
one of a group of phosphorized principles occurring in nerve tissue, both in the brain and nerve fibers
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neuroma
Webster Dictionary
a tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers
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ganglion
Webster Dictionary
a mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve
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neuro-
Webster Dictionary
a combining denoting a nerve, of / pertaining to a nerve / the nervous system
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centring
Webster Dictionary
of Centre
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center
Webster Dictionary
alt. of Centre
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centred
Webster Dictionary
of Centre
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centered
Webster Dictionary
of Centre
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centering
Webster Dictionary
of Centre
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decussation
(ˌdi kəˈseɪ ʃən, ˌdɛk ə-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a nerve or tract of nerve fibers that crosses from one side of the central nervous system to the other.
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conduction
(ənˈdʌk ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the carrying of sound waves, electrons, heat, or nerve impulses by a nerve or other tissue.
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nucleus
(ˌaɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mass of nerve cells in the brain or spinal cord in which nerve fibers form connections.
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myelin sheath
(ˌmaɪ ə lə nəˈzeɪ ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a discontinuous wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving to speed nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
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neurilemma
(ˌnʊər əˈlɛm ə, ˌnyʊər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the thin outer membrane of the myelin sheath of a myelinated nerve fiber or of the axon of some unmyelinated nerve fibers.
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irritation
Webster Dictionary
the act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; esp., the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation
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nerve cord
(ɜrv)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a double strand of nerve fibers in elongate invertebrates, as earthworms, that connects with a pair of nerve ganglia at each body segment.
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action potential
(ˈæk ʃə nə bəl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the change in electrical potential that occurs between the inside and outside of a nerve or muscle fiber when it is stimulated, serving to transmit nerve signals.
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reflex
(ɪˈflɛk tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn transmits it outward to an effector.
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epineurium
Webster Dictionary
the connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium
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neurogenic
(ʊˈrɒdʒ ə nəs, nyʊ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
originating in a nerve or nerve tissue.
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block anesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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nerve block anaesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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nerve block anesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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conduction anaesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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conduction anesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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block anaesthesia
(conduction anesthesia, conduction anaesthesia, nerve block anesthesia, nerve block anaesthesia, block anesthesia, block anaesthesia)
Princeton's WordNet
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
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