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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


Synonymsmedulla spinalis


Broader (hypernym)funiculus, neural structure


Part holonymcerebrospinal fluid, Golgi cell, Golgi's cell, spinal fluid, spinal vein, vena spinalis


Part meronymcentral nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale









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