phrenic nerve
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1. one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing (noun.body)
| hypernym | : | nervus spinalis, spinal nerve, |
| definition | : | 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) (noun.body) |
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