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nervous

  • adjective
  • nerv·ous
  • /ˈnɜːvəs/

Of sinews and tendons.

Other meanings

  1. Having strong or prominent sinews; sinewy, muscular.

  2. Supplied with nerves; innervated.

Related words

  • electronervous
  • internervous
  • nervcited
  • nervicited
  • nonnervous
  • overnervous
  • perinervous
  • seminervous
  • unnervous
  • vasculonervous
  • autonomic nervous system
  • central nervous system

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