nervous system

Questions about nervous system

What does nervous system mean?

nervous system means "the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells".

What is another word for nervous system?

Close synonyms include systema nervosum. 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 nervous system a common word?

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.