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A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medulla spinalis, myelo-, spinal marrow
Antonyms: none provided
a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medulla spinalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: funiculus, neural structure
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
rugmurg
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Southern Altai:
јӱлӱн
(ǰülün)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Arabic:
نُخَاع شَوْكِيّ
(nuḵāʕ šawkiyy)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Armenian:
ողնուղեղ
(oġnuġeġ)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Asturian:
migollu espinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Azerbaijani:
onurğa beyni
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Belarusian:
спінны́ мозг
(spinný mozh)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Bengali:
সুষুম্নাকাণ্ড
(śuśumnakanḍo)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Bulgarian:
гръбначен мо́зък
(grǎbnačen mózǎk)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Catalan:
medul·la espinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Chinese Cantonese:
脊髓
(zek3 seoi5)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Chinese:
龍骨髓 /龙骨髓
(lêng-kut-chhóe, lêng-kut-chhé, liông-kut-chhóe, liông-kut-chhé)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Chinese Mandarin:
脊髓
(jǐsuǐ)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Czech:
mícha
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Danish:
rygmarv
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Dutch:
ruggenmerg
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Esperanto:
mjelo
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Estonian:
seljaaju
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Faroese:
møna
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Finnish:
selkäydin
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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French:
moelle épinière
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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French:
moelle spinale
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Galician:
medula espiñal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Georgian:
ზურგის ტვინი
(zurgis ṭvini)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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German:
Rückenmark
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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German:
Myelon
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Greek:
νωτιαίος μυελός
(notiaíos myelós)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Gujarati:
કરોડરજ્જુ
(karoḍrajju)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Hausa:
lakā
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Hebrew:
חוט השדרה
(khut ha-šidra)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Hindi:
मेरुरज्जु
(merurajju)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Hungarian:
gerincvelő
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Icelandic:
mæna
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Ido:
myelo
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Indonesian:
sumsum tulang belakang
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Irish:
corda an dromlaigh
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Italian:
midollo spinale
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Japanese:
脊髄
(sekizui)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Kabuverdianu:
medula spinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Kabuverdianu:
m'dula espinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Kannada:
ಬೆನ್ನು ಹುರಿ
(bennu huri)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Kazakh:
жұлын
(jūlyn)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Korean:
척수
(cheoksu)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Northern Kurdish:
dirkepetik
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Northern Kurdish:
striyebendik
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Kyrgyz:
жүлүн
(jülün)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Latin:
medulla spinalis
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Latvian:
muguras smadzenes
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Lithuanian:
nugaros smegenys
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Macedonian:
’рбетен мозок
(’rbeten mozok)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Malay:
saraf tunjang
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Malayalam:
സുഷുമ്നാ നാഡി
(suṣumnā nāḍi)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Maltese:
korda spinali
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Marathi:
मज्जारज्जू
(majjārajjū)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Navajo:
ííghą́ą́tsiighąąʼ
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Navajo:
íígháán tsiighąąʼ
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ryggmarg
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ryggmerg
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Pashto:
شمزۍ ماغزه
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Persian:
طناب نخاعی
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Persian:
مغز تیره
(maġz-e tire)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Persian:
مغز تیرهی پشت
(maġz-e tire-ye pošt)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Polish:
rdzeń kręgowy
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Portuguese:
medula espinhal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Quechua:
ñiqwin
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Romanian:
măduva spinării
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Russian:
спинно́й мозг
(spinnój mozg)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Santali:
ᱵᱤᱥᱤᱡᱟᱲ
(bisijaṛ)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Serbo-Croatian:
кичмена мождина
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Serbo-Croatian:
kičmena moždina
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Sinhalese:
සුෂුම්නාව
(suṣumnāwa)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Slovak:
miecha
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Slovene:
hrbtenjača
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Spanish:
médula espinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Swedish:
ryggmärg
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Tagalog:
kordong espinal
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Tamil:
தண்டுவடம்
(taṇṭuvaṭam)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Tamil:
முதுகுத்தண்டு
(mutukuttaṇṭu)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Tamil:
முள்ளந்தண்டு வடம்
(muḷḷantaṇṭu vaṭam)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Telugu:
వెన్నెముక
(vennemuka)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Telugu:
వెన్నుపాము
(vennupāmu)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Thai:
ไขสันหลัง
(kăi săn-lăng)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Turkish:
omurilik
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Ukrainian:
спинни́й мо́зок
(spynnýj mózok)
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Vietnamese:
tuỷ sống
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Volapük:
medul
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
llinyn y cefn
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
madruddyn y cefn
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
y llinyn arian
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
llinyn y gwegil
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
mwydyn y cefn
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
llinyn gwar
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Welsh:
llinyn y gwar
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue
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Xhosa:
umnqonqo
— thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue