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nervine

/ˈnɝvin/

nervine adjective: having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.

Adjective

nervine (not comparable)

  1. Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.

Noun

nervine (plural nervines)

  1. A drug or substance that acts upon the nerves.

nervine meaning in Tamil

nervine in Tamil

நரம்பூக்க மருந்து

Forms of nervine

pluralnervines

Origin of nervine

From Latin nervinus.

Questions about nervine

What does nervine mean?
Nervine means having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement.
What is nervine in Tamil?
Nervine in Tamil is நரம்பூக்க மருந்து. See Nervine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nervine?
Nervine can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce nervine?
Nervine is pronounced /ˈnɝvin/.

Words near nervine in the dictionary

  1. Nervii
  2. nervily
  3. nervimotility
  4. nervimotion
  5. nervimuscular
  6. nervine
  7. nervines
  8. nerviness
  9. nerving
  10. nerving out
  11. nerving up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nervine (page history and authors); nervine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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