Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Nerve-force; also, nervous excitement.

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Examples

  • In this work he developed his idea of nervism, using as example the intensifying nerve of the heart which he had discovered, and furthermore laid down the basic principles on the trophic function of the nervous system.

    Ivan Pavlov - Biography 1967

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