Meanings
nounspinal nerve (plural spinal nerves)
plural spinal nerves
- anatomyAny of the 31 paired nerves that originate from the spinal cord.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany 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)
Similar
nervus spinalis
Broader
nervenervus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 脊神經 /脊神经
- 脊神經 /脊神经 (jǐshénjīng)nerve
Finnish selkäydinhermo
- selkäydinhermonerve
French nerf spinal
- nerf spinalnerve
German Spinalnerv
- Spinalnervnerve
Hungarian gerincvelői ideg
- gerincvelői idegnerve
Spanish nervio espinal
- nervio espinalnerve
Cite this entry
APA
spinal nerve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal%20nerve
MLA
“spinal nerve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal%20nerve. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinal nerve,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinal%20nerve.
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