nerve trunk

noun

, Anatomy.

1. the main stem of a nerve.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerve trunk¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

External nerve trunk had become reunited, at the point of junction there being a hard lump about the size of a walnut.

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This nerve trunk was atrophied below the thickening, and had undergone gelatinous degeneration.

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The primary injuries include contusion, partial or complete division, and perforation of the nerve-trunk.

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So far as I know, it is only when a nerve trunk of some size has been wounded that neuralgia is a probable result.

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Some cells of the brain send their fibers out directly without the common pathway of a distinct nerve trunk.

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