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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The spinal cord: the part of the cerebrospinal axis which is not the brain. See cuts under spine, spinal, and Pharyngobranchii.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) The spinal cord. (Sometimes abbrev. to myel.)

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  • noun anatomy The spinal cord.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek μυελός (muelos, "marrow")

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