noun
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
• Syn: ↑medulla spinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure, ↑funiculus
• Part Holonyms: ↑central nervous system, ↑CNS, ↑systema nervosum centrale
• Part Meronyms: ↑spinal vein, ↑vena spinalis, ↑Golgi's cell, ↑Golgi cell, ↑spinal fluid, ↑cerebrospinal fluid
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noun, pl ⋯ cords [count]
: the large group of nerves which runs through the center of the spine and carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.