Nerve fiber Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
    nerve fibre.

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Definitions
  1. (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous the whole length of the fiber.

Webster 1913