nervous : Idioms & Phrases

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autonomic nervous system

  • noun the part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands
    ANS.
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central nervous system

  • noun the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
    systema nervosum centrale; CNS.
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nervous breakdown

  • noun a severe or incapacitating emotional disorder
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nervous disorder

  • noun a disorder of the nervous system
    neurological disorder; neurological disease.
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nervous exhaustion

  • noun an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
    nervous exhaustion.
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Nervous fever

  • (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc.
Webster 1913

nervous impulse

  • noun the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
    neural impulse; nerve impulse; impulse.
    • they demonstrated the transmission of impulses from the cortex to the hypothalamus
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nervous prostration

  • noun an emotional disorder that leaves you exhausted and unable to work
    nervous exhaustion.
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nervous strain

  • noun (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
    strain; mental strain.
    • his responsibilities were a constant strain
    • the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him
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Nervous system

  • noun the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
    systema nervosum.
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  • (Anat.), the specialized coördinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix.
Webster 1913

Nervous temperament

  • a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations.
Webster 1913

nervous tissue

  • noun tissue composed of neurons
    nerve tissue.
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parasympathetic nervous system

  • noun originates in the brain stem and lower part of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the sympathetic nervous system: stimulates digestive secretions; slows the heart; constricts the pupils; dilates blood vessels
    parasympathetic.
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peripheral nervous system

  • noun the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord
    systema nervosum periphericum.
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sympathetic nervous system

  • noun originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels
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