central nervous system

1. 1.

   the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

   SynonymsCNSsystema nervosum centrale

   Broadersystem

   Part ofnervous system

   Partsneurogliabrainpyramidal tractspinal cord

Questions about central nervous system

What does central nervous system mean?

central nervous system means "the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord".

What is another word for central nervous system?

Close synonyms include CNS, systema nervosum centrale. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is central nervous system a common word?

central nervous system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.