TOUCHWOOD
\tˈʌt͡ʃwʊd], \tˈʌtʃwʊd], \t_ˈʌ_tʃ_w_ʊ_d]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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nerve fiber
- a threadlike extension of nerve cell Slender processes of neurons, especially the prolonged axons that conduct nerve impulses. One units trunk; it is axis process a neuron and medullated, i. e. white substance Schwann (myelin), medullated; either the medullated non-axis-cylinder or may not be surrounded by primitive sheath neurilemma, so that there are four forms of nerve-fibers.