Sacral-nerve
noun, Anatomy.
1.
any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
sacral nerve n.
Any of five nerves emerging from the sacral foramina: the first three enter into the formation of the sacral plexus, and the second two into the coccygeal plexus.
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