cauda equina
[ ĭ-kwī′nə ]
n.
The bundle of spinal nerve roots running through the lower part of the subarachnoid space within the vertebral canal below the first lumbar vertebra.
Nearby words
couloir, coulomb, coulomb field, coulomb force, coulomb's law, cauda equina, coulometry, coulrophobia, coulter, coulter pine, coumadin
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