nerve trunk
nounAnatomy.
the main stem of a nerve.
Origin of nerve trunk
1First recorded in 1850–55
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How to use nerve trunk in a sentence
External nerve trunk had become reunited, at the point of junction there being a hard lump about the size of a walnut.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksThis nerve trunk was atrophied below the thickening, and had undergone gelatinous degeneration.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton ReeksThe primary injuries include contusion, partial or complete division, and perforation of the nerve-trunk.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesSo far as I know, it is only when a nerve trunk of some size has been wounded that neuralgia is a probable result.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it | Francis E. AnstieSome cells of the brain send their fibers out directly without the common pathway of a distinct nerve trunk.
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