Neuraxis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Neuraxis is a noun meaning (anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
Meaning
(anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
More Meanings
- (anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
Example Sentences
The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis.
Word Forms
- neuraxes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include neuroaxis, neuropathy, neuroanatomy, neurosurgery, neurosurg, neurology.
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