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Examples of nerve trunk in a Sentence
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In this procedure, a portion of the sympathetic nerve trunk is destroyed to treat excessive sweating, blushing and Raynaud’s disease.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2018
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Word History
First Known Use
1850, in the meaning defined above
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“Nerve trunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nerve%20trunk. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
nerve trunk
noun
: a bundle of nerve fibers enclosed in a connective tissue sheath
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