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NERVES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Control of your emotions
Example:
this kind of tension is not good for my nerves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("nerves" is a kind of...):
possession; self-command; self-control; self-possession; self-will; will power; willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An uneasy psychological state
Example:
he suffered an attack of nerves
Synonyms:
nerves; nervousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nerves" is a kind of...):
mental condition; mental state; psychological condition; psychological state ((psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerves"):
heebie-jeebies; jitters; screaming meemies (extreme nervousness)
mental strain; nervous strain; strain ((psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb nerve
Context examples:
A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from the perineural cells in the sheaths surrounding the nerves.
(Nerve Sheath Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Any part of your neck - muscles, bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, or nerves - can cause neck problems.
(Neck Injuries and Disorders, NIH)
The messages are sent by chemical and electrical changes in the cells that make up the nerves.
(Nerve, NCI Dictionary)
Stomach and nerves had gone to sleep.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The smoke and shouting were enough to shake nerves of steel.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Anzemet blocks the action of the chemical serotonin, which binds to certain nerves and may trigger nausea and vomiting.
(Anzemet, NCI Dictionary)
The atrophy may be caused by diseases of the muscle tissues or diseases of the peripheral nerves.
(Atrophic Muscular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign neoplasm arising from paraganglia located along nerves composed of neoplastic neuroectodermal chromaffin cells.
(Benign Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Higher levels of BMP8b make the tissue more sensitive to adrenergic signals from nerves – the same pathway target by adrenergic agonist drugs.
(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)
It may affect the nerves, skin, tongue, joints, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and adrenal glands.
(Amyloidosis, NCI Thesaurus)
