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like veins and nerves in animals : 

 nervine, a., nerv'-m, good for the 

 nerves : n. , anything that affects 

 the nerves : nervures, n. plu., 

 nerv'urz, the ribs which support 

 the membranous wings of insects. 

 nervus superficialis cardiacus, 

 nerv'us sup'er-fish-i'dl'is kdrd-i f - 

 dk'US (L. nervus, a nerve ; super- 

 ficidlis, superficial ; cardmcus, 

 pert, to the stomach from Gr. 

 kardia, the heart or upper orifice 

 of the stomach), the superficial 

 cardiac nerve, runs down the 

 neck behind the common carotid 

 artery : nervus cardiacus mag- 

 nus, mag'-nus (L. magnus, great), 

 the great cardiac nerve, descends 

 on the right side, behind the 

 common carotid artery, passing 

 either in front of or behind 

 the subclavian artery: nervus 

 cardiacus minor, mln'-8r (L. 

 minor, less), the less cardiac 

 nerve, passes down behind the 

 subclavian artery. 

 neural, a., nur'dl (Gr. neuron, a 

 nerve), connected with the nerv- 

 ous system : neural arch, the 

 arch of a vertebra which protects 

 a part of the nervous system : 

 neuralgia, n., nur-alf-i-a (Gr. 

 algos, pain, grief), pains follow- 

 ing the tracks of nerves. 

 neurapophysis, n., nur'-a-po/'-fa-is 

 (Gr. neuron, a -nerve ; apophusis, 

 a projecting part, a sprout), the 

 spinous process of a vertebra ; the 

 process formed at the point of 

 junction of the neural arches, 

 which aids in forming the canal 

 that protects the spinal cord. 

 neurectomy, n., nur-^k'-tom-l (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve ; ek, out ; torrid, 

 a cutting), the excision of part of 

 a nerve. 



neurilercma, n.,nur'-$'tem'md (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve ; lemma, skin, 

 bark), in anat., the delicate fib- 

 rous sheath of a nerve, which 

 may be easily separated in the 

 form of a tube, from the fibres it 

 encloses : neurilemmatous, a. , 



nur'l-lem'mat-us, connected with 

 the neurilemma. 



neurin, n., nur'-m (Gr. neuron, a 

 nerve), the matter which com- 

 poses the nervous system : neur- 

 itis, n., nur-lt f 'is, inflammation 

 of a nerve : neuro-, nur'>d, indic- 

 ating connection with a nerve 

 or nerves. 



neuroglia, n., nur-tig'-li-a (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve ; glia, glue), a 

 delicate form of connective tissue 

 found in the eye, and in the 

 interior of the nervous centres. 

 neurology, n., nur-ol'-o-ji (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve ; logos, discourse), 

 a treatise on the nerves; the 

 doctrine of the nerves. 

 neuroma, n., nur-om'a (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve), a tumour 

 developed in the sheath of a 

 nerve ; the true neuroma is com- 

 posed of nerve-fibres, generally 

 resembling those of the nerve 

 trunk. 



neuropodium, n., nuT'-d-pod'-i-tim 

 (Gr. neuron, a nerve ; podes, 

 feet), the neutral or inferior divi- 

 sion of the foot tubercle of an 

 Annelid ; the ventral oar. 

 neuroptera, n. plu., nur-d'p'-t'er-a 

 (Gr. neuron, a nerve ; pteron, a 

 wing), an order of insects char- 

 acterised by four membranous 

 wings with finely reticulated nerv- 

 ures, as in Dragon-flies. 

 neurosis, n., nur-oz'is (Gr. neuron, 

 a nerve), a disease which depends 

 on some perverted nervous in- 

 fluence ; nervous affections or 

 diseases in which sense or motion 

 or both are impaired without any 

 apparent local disease : neurotic, 

 a., nur'Ot'-ik, seated in the nerves 

 or pert, to them : n. , a disease of 

 the nerves, or a medicine used 

 for strengthening them. 

 neurotome, n., nur'-d'tdm (Gr. 

 neuron, a nerve ; tome, a cutting), 

 the nervous section or segment 

 of the skeleton ; a long, narrow, 

 two-edged scalpel employed in 

 dissecting the nerves: neuro tomy, 



