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noun
A nerve that arises mainly from the fourth cervical nerve and is primarily the motor nerve of the diaphragm but also sends sensory fibers to the pericardium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
one of a pair of nerves that arises from cervical spinal roots and passes down the thorax to innervate the diaphragm and control breathing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nervus phrenicus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spinal nerve, nervus spinalis
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