The branch of a nerve. Cf. ramus, n. 1.

A small or young shoot of a plant; a sprout, sprig, twig; also, a small branch of a nerve, blood vessel, etc.

Anatomy and Zoology. A major branch of a blood vessel or nerve (esp. either of the anterior and posterior divisions of a spinal nerve). Frequently…

figurative and in figurative context. Anatomy. A small branch of a nerve or blood vessel. Cf. twig, n.1 3. Now rare.

transferred. Anatomy. A small ramification of a blood vessel or nerve.

A branch of a nerve or blood vessel that joins another nerve or blood vessel; spec. a bundle of nerve fibres joining a sympathetic ganglion and a…

Anatomy. A small branch of a blood vessel, nerve, etc.; a radicle (radicle, n. 3); spec. any of the smaller fascicles of fibres into which the roots…

Anatomy. Any of the smallest branches of a vein, artery, nerve, or duct.

any of the small terminal branches of a nerve.

gen. A narrower portion or part of something projecting, extending, or diverging from the main body.

Anatomy. = radicle, n. 3.

= neuropil, n. 1.

Tissue consisting of a dense network of neuronal and glial processes, forming a large part of the grey matter of the nervous system; (also) a…