posterior root

Questions about posterior root

What is another word for posterior root?

It depends which posterior root you mean. In the sense “one of two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally from the spinal cord and that consists of sensory fibers”, the synonyms are dorsal root, dorsal horn, posterior horn. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of posterior root?

WordNet records no antonym for posterior root. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for posterior root come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of posterior root

• Full entry for posterior rootAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for posterior rootWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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