noun
the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑systema nervosum
• Hypernyms: ↑system
• Hyponyms: ↑sympathetic nervous system, ↑parasympathetic nervous system, ↑parasympathetic
• Part Holonyms: ↑body, ↑organic structure, ↑physical structure
• Part Meronyms:
↑nervous tissue, ↑nerve tissue, ↑ganglion, ↑nerve cell, ↑neuron, ↑fiber bundle, ↑fibre bundle, ↑fascicle, ↑fasciculus, ↑central nervous system, ↑CNS, ↑systema nervosum centrale, ↑neural network, ↑neural net, ↑peripheral nervous system, ↑systema nervosum periphericum, ↑autonomic nervous system, ↑ANS
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noun, pl ⋯ -tems [count]
: the system of nerves in your body that sends messages for controlling movement and feeling between the brain and the other parts of the body — see also ↑central nervous system
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the system of all the nerves in the body
see also ↑central nervous system
Useful english dictionary. 2012.