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On top of that, Frick had a broken tooth with an exposed nerve.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

A scientist colleague of mine recently told me about a painful exposed nerve in his tooth.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

As she thought about her Olympics to come, she was nothing short of an exposed nerve.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022

But the VW campaign seemed to touch some kind of exposed nerve in America.

From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2021

Ashurst remarks that while the cutaneous surface of the stump was acutely sensitive to the touch, there was no manifestation of pain evinced upon handling the exposed nerve.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle


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