cerebrospinal nervous system
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cerebrospinal nervous system
First recorded in 1865–70
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Controlling the Inner Man Through the cerebrospinal nervous system, the mind is able to dominate much of the body: how a man walks, talks, or wiggles his fingers is controllable by reason and will.
From Time Magazine Archive
She doubtless heard him yearn to be the first anatomist to make a thorough dissection of the human cerebrospinal nervous system from head to heel, from spine to sternum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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