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THORACIC NERVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of twelve pairs of spinal nerves emerging from the thoracic region of the spinal cord
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thoracic nerve" is a kind of...):
nervus spinalis; spinal nerve (any of the 31 pairs of nerves emerging from each side of the spinal cord (each attached to the cord by two roots: ventral and dorsal))