posterior horn vs afferent nerve

posterior horn and afferent nerve both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
posterior horn	Yes	No	No	No
afferent nerve	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, afferent nerve is a hypernym of posterior horn; that is, afferent nerve is a word with a broader meaning than posterior horn:

posterior horn: one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers
afferent nerve: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

Other hypernyms of posterior horn include afferent, sensory nerve.

posterior horn (noun)	afferent nerve (noun)
one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers	a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system

posterior horn vs afferent nerve

posterior horn and afferent nerve both are nouns.

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