noun
one of two the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
• Syn: ↑ventral horn, ↑anterior root, ↑anterior horn
• Hypernyms: ↑motor nerve, ↑efferent nerve, ↑efferent
• Part Holonyms: ↑spinal nerve, ↑nervus spinalis
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noun : the one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and consists of motor fibers — compare dorsal root
Useful english dictionary. 2012.