Nerve Fiber

Definition: Nerve Fiber

Nerve Fiber

Noun

1. A threadlike extension of a nerve cell.

Synonym: Nerve Fiber

Synonym: nerve fibre (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Nerve Fiber

English words defined with "nerve fiber": Axis cylinder, axon, axone ♦ centripetal, corticifugal, corticipetal, corticoafferent, corticoefferent, corticofugal ♦ effector, End organ ♦ impulse ♦ medullated nerve fiber, motor nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber, myelinisation, myelinization, myoneural junction ♦ nerve impulse, neurilemma, neurolemma, neuromotor, neuromuscular junction, Nonmedullated ♦ receptive ♦ sensory. (references)

Specialty definitions using "nerve fiber": Anesthetics, Local, axonal degeneration ♦ Merkel Cells. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nerve Fiber

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The glue also contained acidic fibroblastic growth factor, or aFGF, which enhances nerve fiber development. (references)
		Other glia enclose the spinal cord like the rim and spokes of a wheel, providing compartments for the ascending and descending nerve fiber tracts. (references)
		Once stimulated, a nociceptor sends a message up the length of the nerve fiber to the nerve cells in the brain, signaling that a part of the body hurts. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Nerve Fiber

Expressions using "nerve fiber": medullated nerve fiber ♦ motor nerve fiber ♦ myelinated nerve fiber. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nerve Fiber

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
nerve fiber	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Nerve Fiber

Language		Translations for "nerve fiber"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		fibre nerveuse (nerve fibre). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		神経繊維 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		し�"けいせ�"い. (various references)

Pig Latin		ervenay iberfay

Spanish		nervio sensorial (sensory nerve fiber). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Nerve Fiber

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-f-i-n-r-r-v"
	-3 letters: beefier, beerier, brevier, briefer, enfever, fernier, freebie, nervier, reefier, refiner, reverie, vernier.
	-4 letters: briner, eerier, envier, evener, ferine, reefer, refine, refire, reiver, reverb, revere, riever, veiner, veneer, venire, verier.
	-5 letters: breve, brief, brier, brine, eerie, fever, fiber, fibre, finer, firer, fiver, freer, frere, frier, infer, nerve, never, nieve, reeve, refer, reive, rifer, riven, river.
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