nerve fiber
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nerve fiber
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Nobody seems to care if the SecUnit, a blend of machinery with lab-cloned human skin, muscle and nerve fiber, gets hurt or destroyed.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
Their results showed that in the mixed nerve fiber bundles, only the myelin sheaths of the axons that belonged to the non-plugged active ear were strengthened.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
Scans of the study participants’ brain before their surgery showed that the degree of damage to certain nerve fiber tracts correlated with the severity of their depression.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 20, 2023
What all this experimental evidence means is still unclear, apart from generally confirming that, in autistic people, something unusual goes on in type C nerve fiber activity and touch perception.
From Science Magazine ● May 29, 2019
The rupture of a nerve fiber, the obstruction of a valve, the momentary cessation of breath, the introduction of a mote at some vital point, brings this most complex structure to eternal rest.
From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Hudson Tuttle
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