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spinal cord, n.

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
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medulla spinalis spinal cord

semantic pointers

hypernym

funiculus neural structure

part meronym

spinal vein, vena spinalis Golgi's cell, Golgi cell spinal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid

part holonym

central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale