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An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: systema nervosum
Antonyms: none provided
the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: systema nervosum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system
Narrower terms: sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
جِهَاز عَصَبِيّ
(jihāz ʕaṣabiyy)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Arabic:
جهاز عصبي
(gehāz ʕaṣabī)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Armenian:
նյարդային համակարգ
(nyardayin hamakarg)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Asturian:
sistema nerviosu
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Azerbaijani:
sinir sistemi
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Catalan:
sistema nerviós
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Chinese Cantonese:
神經系統 /神经系统
(san4 ging1 hai6 tung2)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Hakka Chinese:
神經系統 /神经系统
(sṳ̀n-kîn he-thúng)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Chinese:
神經系統 /神经系统
(sîn-keng-hē-thóng)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Chinese Mandarin:
神經系統 /神经系统
(shénjīng xìtǒng)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Czech:
nervová soustava
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Czech:
nervstvo
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Danish:
nervesystem
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Dutch:
zenuwstelsel
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Dutch:
zenuwgestel
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Esperanto:
nerva sistemo
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Finnish:
hermosto
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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French:
système nerveux
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Galician:
sistema nervioso
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Georgian:
ნერვული სისტემა
(nervuli sisṭema)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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German:
Nervensystem
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Greek:
νευρικό σύστημα
(nevrikó sýstima)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Hebrew:
מערכת העצבים
(maarékhet ha-atsabím)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Hindi:
तंत्रिका तंत्र
(tantrikā tantra)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Hungarian:
idegrendszer
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Icelandic:
taugakerfi
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Irish:
néarchóras
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Italian:
sistema nervoso
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Japanese:
神経系
(shinkeikei)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Northern Kurdish:
koendama demarê
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Latin:
systēma nervōsum
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Norwegian Bokmål:
nervesystem
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
nervesystem
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Polish:
układ nerwowy
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Portuguese:
sistema nervoso
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Romanian:
sistem nervos
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Russian:
не́рвная систе́ма
(nérvnaja sistéma)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Spanish:
sistema nervioso
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Swahili:
mfumo wa neva
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Swedish:
nervsystem
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Tagalog:
kaayusang-dagandam
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Telugu:
నాడీమండలము
(nāḍīmaṇḍalamu)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Turkish:
sinir sistemi
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Ukrainian:
нерво́ва систе́ма
(nervóva systéma)
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Vietnamese:
hệ thần kinh
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
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Volapük:
nevasitot
— system which coordinates the activity of the body
