central nervous system

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central nervous system

noun central nervous systems

  1. In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. Near-synonym: neuraxis (sometimes synonymous)

    Similar: cerebrospinal axis, CNS, systema nervosum centrale, neuraxis, central nervous system

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noun that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord

Españolsistema nervioso central
한국어중추신경계통 jungchusin'gyeonggyetong
日本語中枢神経系 chūsū shinkeikei
中文中樞神經系統 /中枢神经系统 zhōngshū shénjīng xìtǒng
Portuguêssistema nervoso central
Françaissystème nerveux central
DeutschZentralnervensystem
Italianosistema nervoso centrale
Ελληνικάκεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα kentrikó nevrikó sýstima
Românăsistem nervos central
Русскийцентра́льная не́рвная систе́ма centrálʹnaja nérvnaja sistéma
Tiếng Việthệ thần kinh trung ương

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@misc{central_nervous_system_2026,
  title = {central nervous system},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/central%20nervous%20system},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}