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"NERVE ENDINGS" is a plural of: nerve ending. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Specialized terminations of peripheral neurons. Nerve endings include neuroeffector junction(s) by which neurons activate target organs and sensory receptors which transduce information from the various sensory modalities and send it centrally in the nervous system. Presynaptic nerve endings are presynaptic terminals. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: NERVE ENDINGS |
| English words defined with "NERVE ENDINGS": ADH, antidiuretic hormone ♦ free nerve ending ♦ neuroepithelium ♦ Pitressin, proprioceptor ♦ receptor ♦ sense organ, sensory receptor ♦ vasopressin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "NERVE ENDINGS": Epithelium, Corneal ♦ glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, gravireceptors, Guanethidine ♦ Nociceptors ♦ olfactory ensheathing glial cell, Oxidopamine ♦ Retinal Pigments ♦ Scorpion Venoms, sensorineural deafness, Sympathectomy, Chemical, Synaptosomes. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As with the other bodies stolen from cemeteries, the nerve endings of the brain were too far gone to receive a proper transplant. (Monstrosity; writing credit: Sue Bradford; Dean Dillman Jr.) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In the body, acetylcholine released at nerve endings causes muscle contraction. (references) | |
Normally when impulses travel down the nerve, the nerve endings release a neurotransmitter substance called acetylcholine. (references) | ||
It works by reducing the amount of substance P found in nerve endings and interferes with the transmission of pain signals to the brain. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-g-i-n-n-n-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: veneerings. | |
-3 letters: deserving, energised, engenders, engineers, reseeding, resending, veneering. | |
-4 letters: designee, designer, diverges, energids, energies, energise, engender, engineer, evenings, greenies, innerved, innerves, nereides, nervines, nervings, redenies, redesign, reedings, reseeing, resigned, revenged, revenges, severing, sneering, veneries. | |
-5 letters: degrees, deniers, denning, derives, deserve, deveins, devisee, deviser, dingers, dinners, diverge, diverse, dreeing, endings, endives, endrins, energid, engined. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 45 52 56 45 45 4E 44 49 4E 47 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000111 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N E R V E   E N D I N G S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0045 0052 0056 0045 0045 004E 0044 0049 004E 0047 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4839525639239483843484153 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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