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Noun: central nervous system
  1. The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
    "The injury affected his central nervous system";
    - CNS, systema nervosum centrale

Derived forms: central nervous systems

Type of: system

Part of: nervous system, systema nervosum

Encyclopedia: Central nervous system