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 Meaning of CNS
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | central nervous system, systema nervosum centrale |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | brain, corticospinal tract, encephalon, glia, medulla spinalis, nervous system, neuroglia, pyramidal motor system, pyramidal tract, spinal cord, substantia alba, system, systema nervosum, white matter |  |     |  |  Biology Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | Refers to the brain and spinal cord. |  |  |    |  |