"Nerve" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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神经 shén jīng nerve / mental state / (coll.) unhinged / nutjob
胆子 dǎn zi courage / nerve / guts
眼底 yǎn dǐ fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc) / inside the eye / right in front of one's eyes / in full view as a panorama
面瘫 miàn tān facial nerve paralysis
好意思 hǎo yì si to have the nerve / what a cheek! / to feel no shame / to overcome the shame / (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
视神经 shì shén jīng optic nerve
坐骨神经 zuò gǔ shén jīng sciatic nerve
末梢神经 mò shāo shén jīng peripheral nerve
迷走神经 mí zǒu shén jīng vagus nerve
三叉神经 sān chā shén jīng trigeminal nerve
神经细胞 shén jīng xì bāo nerve cell / neuron
神经性毒剂 shén jīng xìng dú jì nerve agent / nerve gas
传入神经 chuán rù shén jīng afferent nerve (transmitting in to the brain) / afferent neuron
传出神经 chuán chū shén jīng efferent nerve (transmitting out from the brain) / efferent neuron / motor nerve
有脸 yǒu liǎn lit. having face / to have prestige / to command respect / to have the nerve (e.g. to ask sth outrageous) / to have the gall / not ashamed to
没有脸 méi yǒu liǎn not to have the nerve / not dare (e.g. to do sth outrageous)
神经突 shén jīng tū nerve process
神经索 shén jīng suǒ nerve cord
纵神经索 zòng shén jīng suǒ longitudinal nerve cord
视神经乳头 shì shén jīng rǔ tóu optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
视神经盘 shì shén jīng pán optic disk (terminal of the optic nerve on the retina)
许旺细胞 Xǔ wàng xì bāo Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) / neurolemmocyte
轴索 zhóu suǒ axon (long thin axis of nerve cell)
轴丝 zhóu sī axoneme (long thread of nerve cell)
髓鞘 suǐ qiào myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
神经毒剂传感器  nerve agent sensor
神经毒剂 shén jīng dú jì nerve gas
口眼歪斜 kǒu yǎn wāi xié facial nerve paralysis
胆肥 dǎn féi (coll.) bold / brazen / to have a lot of nerve
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