1. 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); [syn: spinal nerve, nervus spinalis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nervus spinalis
n 1: 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) [syn: spinal nerve, nervus
spinalis]