Your nerve endings are the millions of points on the surface of your body and inside it which send messagesto your brain when you feel sensations such as heat, cold, and pain.
nerve ending in British English
(nɜːv ˈɛndɪŋ)
noun
anatomy
the termination of a nerve, at the distal end of an axon; nerve endings are the millions of points on the surface of your body and inside it which send messages to your brain when you feel sensations such as heat, cold, and pain
The infection is characterized by skin blisters and pain in the nerve endings ofthe skin.
Examples of 'nerve ending' in a sentence
nerve ending
Perhaps it was something to do with the vast disconnect between your brain and your nerve endings.
The Sun (2012)
They help us to focus on the task in hand by allowing messages to speed through brain nerve endings.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The foot and ankle have nerve endings which send information throughout the body for muscular co-ordination.
Lamplugh, Diana & Sterwin, Diana & Nottidge, Pamela Survive the Nine to Five - a woman's guide to working well (1989)