As nouns the difference between nerve and myelin
is that
nerve is (zoology) a bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics while
myelin is (neuroanatomy) a white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
As a verb nerve
is to give courage;
sometimes with "up" .
nerve English
Noun
( en noun)
(zoology) A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
- The nerves can be seen through the skin.''
(nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
(botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood
- ''Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves
Courage, boldness.
- He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her, what a wimp!
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille'' (in ''The Guardian , 26 November 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-league]
- A trip to the whistling, fire-cracking Stadio San Paolo is always a test of nerve but Wenger's men have already outplayed the Italians once.
Patience. (rfexample)
Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
* Milton
- He led me on to mightiest deeds, / Above the nerve of mortal arm.
Audacity, gall.
- He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
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(in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
- Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test.
(obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
- Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.
- (Alexander Pope)
Synonyms
; Audacity, gall
: brashness, brazenness, big balls
Hyponyms
* See also
Derived terms
* bundle of nerves
* get on somebody's nerves/get on one's nerves
* nervation
* nerveless
* nervy
* nerve cell
* nerve center
* nerve ending
* nerve fiber
* nerve gas
* nerve impulse
* nerve-racking
* nerves of steel
* nerve-wracking
* nervi-, nervo-
* touch a nerve
* unnerved
* war of nerves
Related terms
* enervate
* neuron
* nervous
* nervure
Verb
(nerv)
To give courage; sometimes with "up".
- ''May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
To give strength
- ''The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
Anagrams
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myelin Noun
(-)
(neuroanatomy) A white, fatty material, composed of lipids and lipoproteins, that surrounds the axons of nerves.
Derived terms
* demyelination
* myelinic
* myelin basic protein
* myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
* myelin sheath
Related terms
* myelopathy
* myelitis
External links
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