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possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." Pope.

One of the nerves of leaves.

Having veins, or nerves, reticulated or netted; as, a net- veined wing or leaf.

relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal. Neural arch (Anat.), the cart…

f a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. Dunglison.

The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation.

The delicate outer sheath of a nerve fiber; the primitive sheath.

The special properties and functions of the nerves; that capacity for transmitting a stimulus which belongs to nerves. G. H. Lewes.

Nerve force. See Vital force, under Vital.

Inflammation of a nerve.

A combining denoting a nerve, of or pertaining to a nerve or the nervous system.

Nerve force.

A description of the nerves. Dunglison.

A substance, resembling keratin, present in nerve tissue, as in the sheath of the axis cylinder of medullated nerve fibers. Like keratin it resists the action of most chemical agents, and by decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and tyrosin.

A tumor developed on, or connected with, a nerve, esp. one consisting of new-formed nerve fibers.

An affection of the nervous system or of a nerve.

Pertaining to, or forming, both nerves and sense organs.

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

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

An instrument for cutting or dissecting nerves.