nerval

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adjective

Of or relating to nerves.

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Meanings

adjectivenerval (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparableobsoleteOf or relating to nerves.

    In the late, by causing absorption of inflammatory products, the repeated mechanical effect of manipulation and percussion upon old neuralgia bennumbs and lessens the sensibility of the nerval filaments, and gradually decreases it, hence its use in chronic sciatica […]

    1889 September 14, “Chronic Sciatica”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Origin

From nerve + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vernalLavernverlan
Cite this entry
APA

nerval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerval

MLA

“nerval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerval. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nerval,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nerval.

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