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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The main stem of a nerve, consisting of a bundle of nerve fibers bound together by a tough sheet of connective tissue.

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  • noun anatomy A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve

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