central nervous system

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central nervous system (plural central nervous systems)

  2. (neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
    Synonyms: CNS, cerebrospinal axis, systema nervosum centrale
    Near-synonym: neuraxis (sometimes synonymous)

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