having a soothing or calming effect upon the nerves
noun
2. obsolete
a nervine drug or agent
Word origin
C17: from New Latin nervīnus, from Latin nervusnerve
nervine in American English
(ˈnɜːrvin, -vain)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to the nerves
2.
acting on or relieving disorders of the nerves; soothing the nerves
noun
3.
a nervine medicine
Word origin
[1655–65; ‹ NL nervīnus, equiv. to L nerv(us) nerve + -īnus-ine1]
Examples of 'nervine' in a sentence
nervine
The prebiotic potential of nervine herbal medicines has been scarcely studied.
Christine Tara Peterson, Vandana Sharma, Stanislav N. Iablokov, Levent Albayrak, KamilKhanipov, Sasha Uchitel, Deepak Chopra, Paul J. Mills, Yuriy Fofanov, Dmitry A. Rodionov,Scott N. Peterson 2019, '16S rRNA gene profiling and genome reconstruction reveal community metabolic interactionsand prebiotic potential of medicinal herbs used in neurodegenerative disease and asnootropics', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0213869. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)