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nervous system

[nur-vuhs sis-tuhm] / ˈnɜr vəs ˌsɪs təm /


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Nearly 7,000 people in Wales live with MS, which affects the central nervous system and can cause symptoms including blurred vision and mobility problems.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

MS is a disease of the brain and central nervous system, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty myelin sheath that normally protects the nerves, like insulation around electric wires.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

While animal models such as mice and rats remain useful in research, important biological differences limit how accurately they reflect human nervous system function.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

In work published online in ACS Chemical Neuroscience on July 03, 2025, researchers from Shibaura Institute of Technology in Japan created vitamin K analogues designed to be more active in the nervous system.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Besides, that procession of terrifying figures was destroying Barrabas’s nervous system.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende



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