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optic nerves

optic nerves is the plural of optic nerve.

Meaning of optic nerve

Noun

optic nerve (plural optic nerves)

  1. Each of the second pair of cranial nerves that carry visual information from the retina to the brain.

Questions about optic nerves

What is optic nerves the plural of?
Optic nerves is the plural of optic nerve.

Words near optic nerves in the dictionary

  1. optic disk
  2. optic disks
  3. optic foramen
  4. optic foramina
  5. optic nerve
  6. optic nerves
  7. optic neuritis
  8. optic stand
  9. optic stands
  10. optic yellow
  11. optic yellows

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