Meanings
nouncentral nervous system (plural central nervous systems)
plural central nervous systems
- anatomyIn vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
Near-synonym: neuraxis (sometimes synonymous)
Synonyms: cerebrospinal axis, CNS, systema nervosum centrale, neuraxis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
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Translations
Bengali কেন্দ্রীয় স্নায়ুতন্ত্র
- কেন্দ্রীয় স্নায়ুতন্ত্র (kendriẏo snaẏutontro)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Chinese Cantonese 中樞神經系統 /中枢神经系统
- 中樞神經系統 /中枢神经系统 (zung¹ syu¹ san⁴ ging¹ hai⁶ tung²)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Chinese Mandarin 中樞神經系統 /中枢神经系统
- 中樞神經系統 /中枢神经系统 (zhōngshū shénjīng xìtǒng)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Czech centrální nervová soustava
- centrální nervová soustavathat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Danish centralnervesystem
- centralnervesystemthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Dutch centraal zenuwstelsel
- centraal zenuwstelselthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Esperanto centra nerva sistemo
- centra nerva sistemothat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Estonian kesknärvisüsteem
- kesknärvisüsteemthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Finnish keskushermosto
- keskushermostothat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
French système nerveux central
- système nerveux centralthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
German Zentralnervensystem
- Zentralnervensystemthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Greek κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα
- κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα (kentrikó nevrikó sýstima)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Hungarian központi idegrendszer
- központi idegrendszerthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Icelandic miðtaugakerfi
- miðtaugakerfithat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Indonesian sistem saraf pusat
- sistem saraf pusatthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Italian sistema nervoso centrale
- sistema nervoso centralethat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Japanese 中枢神経系
- 中枢神経系 (chūsū shinkeikei)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Korean 중추신경계통
- 중추신경계통 (jungchusin'gyeonggyetong)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Latin systema nervosum centrale
- systema nervosum centralethat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Polish ośrodkowy układ nerwowy, centralny układ nerwowy
- ośrodkowy układ nerwowythat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
- centralny układ nerwowythat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Portuguese sistema nervoso central
- sistema nervoso centralthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Romanian sistem nervos central
- sistem nervos centralthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Russian центра́льная не́рвная систе́ма
- центра́льная не́рвная систе́ма (centrálʹnaja nérvnaja sistéma)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Spanish sistema nervioso central
- sistema nervioso centralthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Swedish centrala nervsystemet
- centrala nervsystemetthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Tamil மைய நரம்பு மண்டலம்
- மைய நரம்பு மண்டலம் (maiya narampu maṇṭalam)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Thai ระบบประสาทกลาง
- ระบบประสาทกลาง (rá-bòp-bprà-sàat-glaang)that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Turkish merkezî sinir sistemi
- merkezî sinir sistemithat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
Vietnamese hệ thần kinh trung ương
- hệ thần kinh trung ươngthat part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord
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