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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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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