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