definitions

terminal nerve

n.

Any of the plexiform nerve strands passing parallel and medial to the olfactory tracts, distributing with the olfactory nerves and passing centrally into the anterior perforated substance.

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Nearby words

terminal juncture, terminal leave, terminal line, terminal market, terminal moraine, terminal nerve, terminal nucleus, terminal platform, terminal stria, terminal sulcus, terminal velocity
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