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nervous system

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


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His cancer was graded stage three, and is not in his bones or nervous system.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"There may be lessons for AI in how the nervous system is organized."

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Chips, cloud computing and AI "are the nervous system of the modern economy", powering everything from defence to healthcare, EU lawmaker Oliver Schenk said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

This arrangement suggests a possible pathway through which magnetic information could be transmitted from the liver to the nervous system and ultimately to the brain.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

The veins, the spine, the nervous system: it is all there in Leonardo’s notebooks, immaculately crosshatched and detailed.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day



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