nervous system
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
nervous system
▶noun the network of nerve cells and fibres which transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
'nervous system' also found in these Oxford entries:
acetylcholine
- analeptic
- animal
- ANS
- astrocyte
- autonomic
- BSE
- caffeine
- central nervous system
- Chagas' disease
- CNS
- ganglion
- glia
- glioma
- herpes
- hippocampus
- integration
- methylphenidate
- microglia
- naloxone
- naltrexone
- neural
- neural network
- neuro-
- neuroanatomy
- neurobiology
- neurochemistry
- neurogenic
- neurology
- neuropathology
- neurophysiology
- neuroscience
- neurosurgery
- neurotoxin
- neurotropic
- nucleus
- parasympathetic
- Parkinson's disease
- peripheral nervous system
- poliomyelitis
- scrapie
- sense organ
- sleep
- spinal cord
- sympathetic
- wiring
