THORACIC NERVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracic nerve mean? 

• THORACIC NERVE (noun)
  The noun THORACIC NERVE has 1 sense:

1. any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord

  Familiarity information: THORACIC NERVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THORACIC NERVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thoracic nerve" is a kind of...):

nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))