nerve fiber
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1. a threadlike extension of a nerve cell (noun.body)
hypernym | : | fiber, fibre, |
definition | : | any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber) (noun.body) |
hypernym | : | fiber, fibre, |
definition | : | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn (noun.substance) |
hyponym | : | effector, |
definition | : | a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | axon, axone, |
definition | : | long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron (noun.body) |
hyponym | : | dendrite, |
definition | : | short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron (noun.body) |
part holonym | : | neurilemma, neurolemma, |
definition | : | thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber (noun.body) |
part meronym | : | nerve, nervus, |
definition | : | any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (noun.body) |
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