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Noun: nerve fiber  nurv fI-bur
Usage: US (elsewhere: nerve fibre)
  1. A threadlike extension of a nerve cell
    "Nerve fibers transmit electrical signals throughout the nervous system";
    - nerve fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: nerve fibers

Type of: fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: nerve, nervus

Encyclopedia: Nerve fiber