n :  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  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Boyle's law 
 
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