nerve trunk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nerve trunk
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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He traces the sensory nerve leading from the site of the cancer and injects about a cubic centimeter of 45% alcohol near the point where the nerve trunk joins the spinal cord.
From Time Magazine Archive
The specific cause of the pain is the fact that, in short-waisted people, or people having unusually long ribs, stooping over habitually squeezes a nerve trunk between the rib and hip bone.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spinal cord is a grand nerve trunk to carry messages to or from the brain and to and from the reflex centers contained within itself.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
Not more than one cut or scratch in a thousand is deep enough to go down to an artery, so as to cause dangerous bleeding, or to injure an important nerve trunk.
From A Handbook of Health by Hutchinson, Woods
Invertebrates commonly have the main nerve trunk in front, or underneath, instead of at the back, and likewise often have their brains in their abdomens.
From Vitality Supreme by Macfadden, Bernarr
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