nerve fiber (noun)
1nerve fiber — noun a threadlike extension of a nerve cell • Syn: ↑nerve fibre • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Hyponyms: ↑medullated nerve fiber, ↑myelinated nerve fiber, ↑ …
2nerve fiber — noun Date: circa 1847 any of the processes (as axons or dendrites) of a neuron …
3nerve fiber — noun An axon …
4medullated nerve fiber — noun a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin • Syn: ↑myelinated nerve fiber • Hypernyms: ↑nerve fiber, ↑nerve fibre • Part Meronyms: ↑medullary sheath, ↑myelin sheath …
5myelinated nerve fiber — noun a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin • Syn: ↑medullated nerve fiber • Hypernyms: ↑nerve fiber, ↑nerve fibre • Part Meronyms: ↑medullary sheath, ↑myelin sheath …
6gray nerve fiber — noun : a nonmedullated nerve fiber …
7motor nerve fiber — noun a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord • Syn: ↑motor neuron, ↑efferent neuron, ↑motoneuron • Hypernyms: ↑nerve cell, ↑neuron • Part Holonyms: ↑motor nerve …
8nerve fibre — noun a threadlike extension of a nerve cell • Syn: ↑nerve fiber • Hypernyms: ↑fiber, ↑fibre • Hyponyms: ↑medullated nerve fiber, ↑myelinated nerve fiber, ↑ …
9nerve cell — noun a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses • Syn: ↑neuron • Derivationally related forms: ↑neural (for: ↑neuron), ↑neuronic (for: ↑neuron), ↑ …
10nerve ending — noun the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse • Syn: ↑nerve end • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑terminal • Hyponyms: ↑free nerve ending, ↑Pacinian corpuscle, ↑propriocept …
