Meaning

1 senses
  1. An organ system whose principal constituent is nervous tissue that coordinates the activities of muscles, monitors organs, constructs and processes data received from the senses, and initiates actions.

    Nervensystem

    не́рвная систе́маnérvnaja sistéma

    нерво́ва систе́маnervóva systéma

More definitions
  • the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Take care of your nervous system.

  2. This computer network is, as it were, the nervous system of the company.

  3. The central nervous system doesn't heal.

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  4. Do insects have a nervous system?

    ruУ насекомых есть нервная система? — marafon

  5. The central nervous system does not heal.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
system which coordinates the activity of the body:
Русский
By meaning 1
system which coordinates the activity of the body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
system which coordinates the activity of the body:

Origin

1703, nervous + system.

1703, nervous + system.

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Forms

plural: nervous systems
Singularnervous system
Pluralnervous systems

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
systema nervosum
Close in meaning
  • the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells:systema nervosum

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