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: ↑spinal cord
• 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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.