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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An axiom stating that the anterior or ventral roots of the spinal nerves are motor and the posterior or dorsal roots are sensory.
- noun The neurological law that, in any reflex arc, nerve impulses are conducted in only one direction.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Sir Charles Bell, (1774–1842), Scottish anatomist.]
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