nervous system
noun
: the bodily system that in vertebrates is made up of the brain and spinal cord, nerves, ganglia, and parts of the receptor organs and that receives and interprets stimuli and transmits impulses to the effector organs see autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system
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Essence, 4 Nov. 2025
Pay attention to what your body is telling you to… your nervous system has been holding a lot.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
Their venom is typically used to paralyze their prey, but is not thought to have an effect on the human nervous system.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
It was being developed by NervGen, a Vancouver biotech focused on treatments to repair the nervous system.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nervous system
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