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SUPERIOR COLLATERAL FISSURE

\suːpˈi͡əɹɪə kəlˈatəɹə͡l fˈɪʃə], \suːpˈi‍əɹɪə kəlˈatəɹə‍l fˈɪʃə], \s_uː_p_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə k_ə_l_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ_əl f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of SUPERIOR COLLATERAL FISSURE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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In the lower vertebrates, the groove in the spinal cord at the emergence of the dorsal nerve roots corresponding to the posterolateral groove in man.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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