"neuraxis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: neuraxes [plural]
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  1. (anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system. Tags: usually Synonyms: central nervous system [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-neuraxis-en-noun-UiG1UxMW Categories (other): Anatomy, Medicine, English terms prefixed with neur- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neur-: 47 53 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon. Tags: sometimes
    Sense id: en-neuraxis-en-noun-k8GjBF4D Categories (other): Anatomy, Embryology, Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with neur-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neur-: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 90 Topics: anatomy, embryology, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: neuraxial

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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