Definitions
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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