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neuraxis

UK/ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/

neuraxis noun: synonym of central nervous system.

Noun

neuraxis (plural neuraxes)

  1. (usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
  2. (sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
    • The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves...1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51

neuraxis meaning in Tamil

neuraxis in Tamil

மூளையின் தண்டுவடம்

Synonyms of neuraxis

Forms of neuraxis

pluralneuraxes

Origin of neuraxis

From neur- + axis.

Words formed from neuraxis

Questions about neuraxis

What does neuraxis mean?
Neuraxis means synonym of central nervous system.
What is neuraxis in Tamil?
Neuraxis in Tamil is மூளையின் தண்டுவடம். See Neuraxis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is neuraxis?
Neuraxis is a noun.
How do you pronounce neuraxis?
Neuraxis is pronounced /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of neuraxis?
The plural of neuraxis is neuraxes.

Words near neuraxis in the dictionary

  1. neurations
  2. neuraxes
  3. neuraxial
  4. neuraxially
  5. neuraxin
  6. neuraxis
  7. neuraxon
  8. neuraxonal
  9. neuraxone
  10. neuraxones
  11. neuraxons

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