Nerval

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Of or relating to nerves. nonstandard, not-comparable, obsolete
"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 […]"

Synonyms

nervous neurological

Example

"Gérard de Nerval wrote Journey to the East."

Etymology

From nerve + -al.

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