Word

nerve fiber, n.

a threadlike extension of a nerve cell
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nerve fiber nerve fibre

semantic pointers

hypernym

fiber, fibre fiber, fibre

part holonym

hyponym

medullated nerve fiber, myelinated nerve fiber effector axon, axone dendrite motor fiber, efferent fiber sensory fiber, afferent fiber

part meronym

neurolemma, neurilemma