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nervus

[ nûr′vəs ]

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n. pl. ner•vi (-vī)

A nerve.

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Words nearby nervus

nervous system, nervous wreck, nervule, nervuration, nervure, nervus, nervy, n.e.s., Nesacaine, Nesbit, nescience

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How to use nervus in a sentence

Si vero ex oblique nervus incidatur, eodem remedio curatur, et natura cooperante saepe conglutinatur.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Nota quod secundum Rogerium nervus omnino incisus non potest consolidari, vel conjungi nec sui.
Gilbertus Anglicus|Henry Ebenezer Handerson
Well come on Salteena he cried and dont be nervus I will get you a pair of knickers tomorrow.
The Young Visiters or, Mr. Salteena's Plan|Daisy Ashford
Homer says in speaking of the bow of Pandarus, "stridit funis, et nervus valde sonuit."
Myth and Science|Tito Vignoli

Near the base of the precoracoidal process is a small foramen for the passage of the nervus supracoracoideus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7|Various