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nervine: nerves, sinews
1. Having the quality of acting on the nerves, so as to restore them to a normal state; relieving disorders of the nervous system.
2. A reference to the nerves or sinews.
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sinew (s) (noun), sinews (pl)
The tendon or the bands of inelastic fibrous tissues formed at the termination of a muscle and attaching it to a bone: In her anatomy classic medical school, Jill perused the chart of a dog's neck and saw that the sinews were like cords linking the muscles to the bones.
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