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Noun

1. 1
   A thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue which is a major part of the vertebrate central nervous system. It extends from the brain stem down through the spine, with nerves branching off to various parts of the body.
2. 2
   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 wordnet

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afferent neuronautonomic nervous systemaxonbraincentral nervous systemcerebral cortex

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braincranialepiduralventral