SINCE 1828
Bell's law
noun
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Medical Definition of Bell's law
: a statement in physiology: the roots of the spinal nerves coming from the ventral portion of the spinal cord are motor in function and those coming from the dorsal portion are sensory
— called also Bell-Magendie law
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