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Noun: spinal nerve
  1. 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)
    - nervus spinalis

Derived forms: spinal nerves

Type of: nerve, nervus

Encyclopedia: Spinal nerve