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
These results suggest that MAFB-mediated regulation of sympathetic nerve fiber density plays a key role in the thermogenic capacity of brown adipose tissue.
From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2024
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
But the benefits derived from this nerve fiber — he’s fond of calling it “the Higgs boson of the social brain” — don’t end in infancy.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2019
Structure of the Axon.—The axon, or nerve fiber, has practically the same structure in both classes of neurons, being composed in most cases of three distinct parts.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.
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