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Definition of Dorsal root
1. Noun. One of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers.
Exact synonyms: Dorsal Horn
Generic synonyms: Afferent, Afferent Nerve, Sensory Nerve
Group relationships: Nervus Spinalis, Spinal Nerve
Generic synonyms: Afferent, Afferent Nerve, Sensory Nerve
Group relationships: Nervus Spinalis, Spinal Nerve
Medical Definition of Dorsal root
1. The sensory root of a spinal nerve, having a dorsal root ganglion containing the nerve cell bodies of the fibres conveyed by the root in its distal end. Synonym: radix posterior, radix sensoria, posterior root, radix dorsalis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsal Root
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