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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A network of nerves located in the neck and axilla, composed of the anterior branches of the lower four cervical and first two thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the chest, shoulder, and arm.
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- noun a network of nerves formed by cervical and thoracic spinal nerves and supplying the arm and parts of the shoulder
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