POSTERIOR ROOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior root mean? 

• POSTERIOR ROOT (noun)
  The noun POSTERIOR ROOT has 1 sense:

1. one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers

  Familiarity information: POSTERIOR ROOT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR ROOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

dorsal horn; dorsal root; posterior horn; posterior root

Hypernyms ("posterior root" is a kind of...):

afferent; afferent nerve; sensory nerve (a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system)

Holonyms ("posterior root" is a part of...):

spinal nerve root (one of two roots of the spinal nerves)