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English noun: dorsal root

1. dorsal root (body) one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers


Synonymsdorsal horn


Broader (hypernym)afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve


Part meronymnervus spinalis, spinal nerve









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