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CNS

CNS is the initialism of central nervous system.

CNS is the initialism of Cybercast News Service.

Meaning of central nervous system

Noun

central nervous system (plural central nervous systems)

  1. In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
    • Near-synonym: neuraxis (sometimes synonymous)

Noun capitalized: CNs

CNs

  1. (plural) plural of CN

Forms of CNS

pluralCNSs

Questions about CNS

What is CNS the initialism of?
CNS is the initialism of central nervous system.
What part of speech is CNS?
CNS is a noun.
What is the plural of CNS?
The plural of CNS is CNSs.

Words near CNS in the dictionary

  1. CNR
  2. CNRI
  3. CNRP
  4. CNRPs
  5. CNRs
  6. CNS
  7. CNSA
  8. CNSL
  9. CNSs
  10. CNT
  11. CNTRP

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Adapted from Wiktionary: CNS (page history and authors); CNs (page history and authors); central nervous system (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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