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All-or-none law
noun · 78% connection
(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Appeal
noun · 78% connection
(law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Barb
noun · 78% connection
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Base
noun · 78% connection
The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Beaver
noun · 78% connection
That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Below
adverb · 78% connection
In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Blockhouse
noun · 78% connection
An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Cerebrin
noun · 78% connection
A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Debase
adjective · 78% connection
To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Degrade
verb · 78% connection
To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Descend
verb · 78% connection
To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he desc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Descent
noun · 78% connection
Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Down
adverb · 78% connection
From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Downward
adjective · 78% connection
Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Epineurium
noun · 78% connection
The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Ganglion
noun · 78% connection
A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Gutta
noun · 78% connection
One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
Heel
noun · 78% connection
The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafte…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lower, submaxillary, nerve.
