nerve
Example Sentences
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A disc had slipped and was pressing on a nerve.
This included breakdown of the blood-brain barrier, damage to nerve fibers, chronic inflammation, reduced formation of new neurons in the hippocampus, weakened communication between brain cells, and extensive oxidative damage.
From Science Daily
The high-strung kid is pure nerve and he even looks like one, too; he’s the embodiment of a twitch.
From Los Angeles Times
The scans helped show white matter, the fatty substance that insulates the nerve fibers connecting brain regions.
Still, the attack on el bolillo clearly touched a nerve in a capital otherwise in a festive mood.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
