the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In anatomy and zoology, a nerve.
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n. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
Word Usage
"To give an idea of this, some phenomena may be mentioned, which by means of the string galvanometer have been investigated by Einthoven himself: the retina current (1908, 1909), the action currents in nervus vagus"