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root(1)(dictionary)
root(2)(dictionary)
root tip(medicine)
Root(medicine)
root cap(medicine)
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naumachia (iou) and posterior root (medicine)


naumachia (iou)



naumachia noun. , -ias. L16.
[Latin from Greek naumakhia, from naus ship + makhe fight: see -IA1.]
Roman History. An imitation sea battle staged for Entertainment; a place, esp. a building enclosing a stretch of water, specially constructed for such a battle.

posterior root (medicine)


posterior root -->
dorsal root


The sensory root of a spinal nerve, having a dorsal root ganglion containing the nerve cell bodies of the fibres conveyed by the root in its distal end.

Synonym: radix posterior, radix sensoria, posterior root, radix dorsalis.