nerve
Example Sentences
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Further conversations with clinicians led the team to target another side effect of many cancer medications: neuropathy, or nerve damage.
When they first hit the floor, McDonald noticed nerves from the freshmen.
From Los Angeles Times
These receptors are proteins found on nerve cells that reduce pain signals when activated by opioids such as morphine.
From Science Daily
Demyelination is the process in which the myelin sheath -- a protective, insulating layer surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord -- is damaged or destroyed.
From Science Daily
“It hits a nerve in a region that has seen more than its share of military interventions. It’s a throwback to an era many thought had passed.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
