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A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. -- Neu`ro*cor"dal, a.

The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.

One who is versed in neurology; also, one skilled in the treatment of nervous diseases.

The branch of science which treats of the nervous system.

A metameric segment of the cerebro-spinal nervous system.

Of or pertaining to neuropathy; of the nature of, or suffering from, nervous disease.

An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

A functional nervous affection or disease, that is, a disease of the nerves without any appreciable change of nerve structure.

The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton which are relation with the nervous axis and locomation. Owen.

Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous; as, a neurotic disease.

The dissection, or anatomy, of the nervous system.

ning associated with a sensation of terror, occurring in children, esp. those of unstable nervous constitution.

A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety,…

as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.

An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.

External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.

To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal.

Having nervous energy; forceful; cogent. This pithy speech prevailed, and all agreed. Dryden. In all these Goodman Fact was very short, but pithy. Addison. Pithy gall (Zoöl.), a large, rough, furrowed, oblong gall, formed on blackberry canes by a small gallfly (Diastrophus nebulosus).

veral parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain. Pons asinorum. Etym: [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See Asses'…