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A form of degeneration occurring in nerve fibers as a result of their division; -- so called from Dr. Waller, who published an account of it in 1850.
A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face.
The silk fiber itself.
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a.
Fleshy; -- applied to the minute structural elements, called sarcous elements, or sarcous disks, of which striated muscular fiber is composed.
n.
The very thin transparent and apparently homogeneous sheath which incloses a striated muscular fiber; the myolemma.
v. t.
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque.
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Irregularly swollen or enlarged; affected with, or containing, varices, or varicosities; of or pertaining to varices, or varicosities; as, a varicose nerve fiber; a varicose vein; varicose ulcers.
v. t.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
a.
Having only one thread; involving the use of only one thread, wire, fiber, or the like; as, unifilar suspension.
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Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers.
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A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
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A short, spastic contraction of the fibers or muscles; a simple muscular contraction; as, convulsive twitches; a twitch in the side.
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A band or bundle of fibers; a fraenum.
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Having the form or appearance of villi; like close-set fibers, either hard or soft; as, the teeth of perch are villiform.
v. t.
A handsaw with coarse teeth which have but a slight set, used for cutting wood in the direction of the fiber; -- called also ripping saw.
n.
A fine, strong fiber obtained from the young leaves of a Brazilian palm (Astrocaryum vulgare), used for cordage, bowstrings, etc.; also, the plant yielding this fiber. Called also tecum, and tecum fiber.
n.
The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
v. t.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
n.
An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.
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