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noun
Synonym of central nervous system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: central nervous system
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sometimes
Topics: anatomy, embryology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English neur- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English neuraxis From neur- + axis.
