Alum root () A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties. |
Chay root () The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. |
Choy root () See Chay root. |
Nerve (n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body. |
Nerve (n.) A sinew or a tendon. |
Nerve (n.) Physical force or steadiness |
Nerve (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind |
Nerve (n.) Audacity |
Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf. |
Nerve (n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects. |
Nerve (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to |
Nerve-shaken (a.) Affected by a tremor, or by a nervous disease |
Root (v. i.) To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine. |
Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility |
Root (v. t.) To turn up or to dig out with the snout |
Root (n.) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. |
Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids. |
Root (n.) An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc. |
Root (n.) That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support |
Root (n.) An ancestor or progenitor |
Root (n.) A primitive form of speech |
Root (n.) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about |
Root (n.) That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity |
Root (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord |
Root (n.) The lowest place, position, or part. |
Root (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations. |
Root (v. i.) To fix the root |
Root (v. i.) To be firmly fixed |
Root (v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth |
Root (v. t.) To tear up by the root |
root cellar cellar | an excavation where root vegetables are stored |
boldness nerve brass face cheek | impudent aggressiveness, I couldn't believe her boldness, he had the effrontery to question my honesty |
heart mettle nerve spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
nerve plexus | a network of intersecting nerves |
nervous tissue nerve tissue | tissue composed of neurons |
root tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
root canal | the passage in the root of a tooth through which its nerve and blood vessels enter the pulp cavity |
dorsal root dorsal horn | one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers |
ventral root ventral horn anterior root anterior horn | one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers |
center centre nerve center nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
nerve fiber nerve fibre | a threadlike extension of a nerve cell |
medullated nerve fiber myelinated nerve fiber | a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin |
nerve cell neuron | a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses |
motor neuron efferent neuron motor nerve fiber motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
nerve ending nerve end | the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse |
free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
nerve nervus | any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body |
motor nerve efferent nerve efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
sensory nerve afferent nerve afferent | a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
nerve pathway tract nerve tract pathway | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain |
cranial nerve | any of the paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |
depressor depressor nerve | any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves |
olfactory nerve nervii olfactorii first cranial nerve | a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa |
optic nerve nervus opticus second cranial nerve optic tract | the cranial nerve that serves the retina |
oculomotor oculomotor nerve nervus oculomotorius third cranial nerve | supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye |
trochlear trochlear nerve trochlearis fourth cranial nerve | either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes |
trigeminal trigeminal nerve trigeminus nervus trigeminus fifth cranial nerve | the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication |
abducent abducent nerve abducens abducens nerve nervus abducens sixth cranial nerve | a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
facial facial nerve nervus facialis seventh cranial nerve | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles |
acoustic nerve auditory nerve vestibulocochlear nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
glossopharyngeal nerve nervus glossopharyngeus ninth cranial nerve | sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue, motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx, includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion |
vagus vagus nerve nervus vagus pneumogastric pneumogastric nerve tenth cranial nerve wandering nerve | a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera |
accessory nerve spinal accessory nervus accessorius eleventh cranial nerve | arises from two sets of roots (cranial and spinal) that unite to form the nerve |
hypoglossal hypoglossal nerve nervus hypoglosus twelfth cranial nerve | supplies intrinsic muscles of the tongue and other tongue muscles |
radial nerve nervus radialis musculospiral nerve | largest branch of the brachial plexus, extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles |
splanchnic nerve | any of several nerves of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system that innervate viscera and blood vessels |
solar plexus coeliac plexus plexus celiacus abdominal nerve plexus | a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach |
sciatic nerve nervus ischiadicus | arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves |
femoral nerve nervus femoralis anterior crural nerve | one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh |
saphenous nerve nervus saphenus | a branch of the femoral nerve that supplies cutaneous branches to the inner aspect of the leg and foot |
phrenic nerve nervus phrenicus | one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing |
ulnar nerve cubital nerve nervus ulnaris | a nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow, supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand |
spinal nerve nervus spinalis | any of the pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal) |
cervical nerve | any of eight pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the cervical section of the spinal cord |
coccygeal nerve nervus coccygeus | the lowest pair of spinal nerves |
lumbar nerve | any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the lumbar section of the spinal cord |
sacral nerve | any of five pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the sacral region of the spinal cord |
thoracic nerve | any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord |
eigenvalue eigenvalue of a matrix eigenvalue of a square matrix characteristic root of a square matrix | (mathematics) any number such that a given square matrix minus that number times the identity matrix has a zero determinant |
root root word base stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |