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Of or pertaining to the sensorium or sensation; as, sensory impulses; -- especially applied to those nerves and nerve fibers which convey to a nerve center impulses resulting in sensation; also sometimes loosely employed in the sense of afferent, to indicate nerve fibers which convey impressions of any kind to a nerve center.
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Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
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Sensory; as, the sensor nerves.
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Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the saphenous veins; as, the saphenous nerves; the saphenous opening, an opening in the broad fascia of the thigh through which the internal saphenous vein passes.
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Of, pertaining to, or designating, the fifth pair of cranial nerves, which divide on each side of the head into three main branches distributed to the orbits, jaws, and parts of the mouth; trifacial.
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Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.
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Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric.
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Having three nerves.
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Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.
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Used also figuratively; as, his nerves were unstrung by fear.
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To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her.
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Having the nerves, or veins, placed in apparent disorder.
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A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
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To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves.
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Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
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Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.
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To render unstable or wavering; to unsettle; as, to unhinge one's mind or opinions; to unhinge the nerves.
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Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
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Of or connected with nutrition; nitritional; nourishing; as, the so-called trophic nerves, which have a direct influence on nutrition.
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To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
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