PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peripheral nervous system mean? 

• PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord

  Familiarity information: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

peripheral nervous system; systema nervosum periphericum

Hypernyms ("peripheral nervous system" is a kind of...):

system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)

Holonyms ("peripheral nervous system" is a part of...):

nervous system; systema nervosum (the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells)

 Context examples 

A ganglioneuroblastoma arising from the peripheral nervous system.

(Peripheral Ganglioneuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Neurotrophins and their receptors regulate development of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

(Nerve Growth Factor Receptor, NCI Thesaurus)

The protective covering surrounding the axon of neurons in the peripheral nervous system.

(Peripheral Nerve Sheath, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the peripheral nervous system.

(Peripheral Nervous System Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), the peripheral nervous system (nerves that extend from the spinal cord to the rest of the body), and other nerve tissue.

(Nervous system, NCI Dictionary)

Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system.

(Nervous System Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A tumor of the central or peripheral nervous system.

(Neuroectodermal tumor, NCI Dictionary)

A disorder affecting the cranial nerves or the peripheral nervous system.

(Neuropathy, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic neoplasm involving the central or peripheral nervous system.

(Nervous System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Injury in the central or peripheral nervous system.

(Nervous System Injury, NCI Thesaurus)