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Give your brain the right fuel to build proteins and maintain nerve fibers.
—Ankur Bindal, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Multiple sclerosis can cause numbness, weakness, difficulty walking, vision changes and can permanently damage nerve fibers, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
This injures your nerve fibers and compromises your blood-brain barrier by introducing small hemorrhages (bleeding).
—Janelle McSwiggin, Msn, Health, 29 Nov. 2024
Its nerve fibers follow this network of blood vessels throughout your body to reach vital organs, from the heart and lungs to the gut.
—R Douglas Fields, WIRED, 29 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1847, in the meaning defined above
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“Nerve fiber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20fiber. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
nerve fiber
noun
: any of the long thin parts that lead to or away from the cell body of a neuron and include axons and dendrites
Medical Definition
nerve fiber
noun
: any of the processes (as an axon or a dendrite) of a neuron
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