Usually means: Sensory nerve fibers enter spinal cord.
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  1. dorsal root: Merriam-Webster
  2. dorsal root: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. Dorsal root: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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noun:  (neuroanatomy) The one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes dorsally to the spinal cord and consists of sensory fibers

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