nerve ending
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nounDefinition of NERVE ENDING
: a structure forming the distal end of a nerve axon — see neuron illustration
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circa 1890
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noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of NERVE ENDING
: the structure in which the distal end of the axon of a nerve fiber terminates—called also nerve end
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