English noun: nerve fiber | |||
1. | nerve fiber (body) a threadlike extension of a nerve cell | ||
Synonyms | nerve fibre | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fiber, fiber, fibre, fibre | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | afferent fiber, axon, axone, dendrite, effector, efferent fiber, medullated nerve fiber, motor fiber, myelinated nerve fiber, sensory fiber | ||
Part holonym | neurilemma, neurolemma | ||
Part meronym | nerve, nervus | ||