English noun: spinal cord | |||
1. | spinal cord (body) 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 | ||
Synonyms | medulla spinalis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | funiculus, neural structure | ||
Part holonym | cerebrospinal fluid, Golgi cell, Golgi's cell, spinal fluid, spinal vein, vena spinalis | ||
Part meronym | central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale | ||