NERVE FIBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nerve fiber mean? 

• NERVE FIBER (noun)
  The noun NERVE FIBER has 1 sense:

1. a threadlike extension of a nerve cell

  Familiarity information: NERVE FIBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NERVE FIBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A threadlike extension of a nerve cell

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

nerve fiber; nerve fibre

Hypernyms ("nerve fiber" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (any of several elongated, threadlike cells (especially a muscle fiber or a nerve fiber))

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Meronyms (parts of "nerve fiber"):

neurilemma; neurolemma (thin membranous sheath around a nerve fiber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nerve fiber"):

medullated nerve fiber; myelinated nerve fiber (a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin)

effector (a nerve fiber that terminates on a muscle or gland and stimulates contraction or secretion)

axon; axone (long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron)

dendrite (short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron)

efferent fiber; motor fiber (a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the muscles or glands)

afferent fiber; sensory fiber (a nerve fiber that carries impulses toward the central nervous system)

Holonyms ("nerve fiber" is a part of...):

nerve; nervus (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)

 Context examples 

The supervisory center in the brain, rich in ganglia, nerve fibers, and synaptic connections.

(Hypothalamus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A bundle of nerve fibers crossing from one side to the other side of the brain or spinal cord.

(Commissure, NCI Thesaurus)

Lamotrigine enhances the action of gamma-aminobutyric acid, an inhibitory neurotransmitter, which may result in a reduction of pain-related transmission of signals along nerve fibers.

(Lamotrigine, NCI Thesaurus)

An important supervisory center in the brain, rich in ganglia, nerve fibers, and synaptic connections.

(Hypothalamus, NCI Thesaurus)

In the body, fiber refers to tissue made of long threadlike cells, such as muscle fiber or nerve fiber.

(Dietary Fiber, NCI Dictionary)

Chronic pain caused by damage to nerve fibers.

(Neuropathic Pain, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by loss of optic nerve fibers.

(Optic Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

They can develop anywhere along the peripheral nerve fibers.

(Neurofibromatosis type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor that grows from a nerve or is composed of nerve cells and nerve fibers.

(Neuroma, NCI Thesaurus)

Brain white matter is made up of billions of thin nerve fibers, called axons, that connect the neurons with each other.

(Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage, National Institutes of Health)