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Definition of Nervous

1. Adjective. Easily agitated. "A nervous thoroughbred"

2. Adjective. Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety. "An unquiet mind"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the nervous system. "Neural disorder"

4. Adjective. Excited in anticipation.

5. Adjective. Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses).

Definition of Nervous

1. a. possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous.

Definition of Nervous

1. Adjective. Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy. ¹

2. Adjective. Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried. ¹

3. Adjective. Relating to or affecting the nerves. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nervous

1. easily excited [adj]

Medical Definition of Nervous

1. 1. Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. "Nervous arms." 2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterised by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. 3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever. 4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. "Poor, weak, nervous creatures." (Cheyne) 5. Sensitive; excitable; timid. "Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land." (M. Arnold) Nervous fever, the specialized coordinating 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. In Appendix. Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterised by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Origin: L. Nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. Nerveux. See Nerve. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervous

nervine nervines nerviness nervinesses nerving nervings nervomuscular nervon nervone nervonic

nervonic acid nervose nervosism nervosities nervosity nervous (current term) nervous as a cat nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs nervous asthenopia nervous asthma

nervous breakdown nervous breakdowns nervous colon syndrome nervous disorder nervous dyspepsia nervous exhaustion nervous hit nervous indigestion nervous lobe nervous lobe of hypophysis

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