Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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posterior root | Yes | No | No | No |
afferent | Yes | Yes | No | No |
posterior root (noun) | afferent (noun) |
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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 root (adjective) | afferent (adjective) |
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of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS |