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Examples of nerve ending in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Eclipse observers will likely not register pain as there are no nerve endings inside the eye.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024
This powerful toy uses throbbing and sucking sensations that send pleasure not only to your clitoris’s tip but the region surrounding it, which has tons of pleasure nerve endings.
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Anna Miller, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
Bad genetic luck damaged the nerve endings in his eyes; his view of the world, muddled since birth, has steadily deteriorated.
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Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 June 2024
Cold therapy constricts blood vessels to reduce inflammation, numbs nerve endings for pain relief, and slows circulation to prevent bruising.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Nerve ending.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20ending. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
nerve ending
noun
: a structure forming an end of a nerve axon that is distant from the cell body
Medical Definition
nerve ending
noun
: the structure in which the distal end of the axon of a nerve fiber terminates
called also nerve end
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