central nervous system
English
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1. Brain
2. Central nervous system
(brain and spinal cord)
3. Spinal cord
Noun
central nervous system (plural central nervous systems)
- (neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.
- Synonyms: CNS, cerebrospinal axis, systema nervosum centrale
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Translations
that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
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