请输入您要查询的单词:

 

单词 neuraxis
释义

neuraxis

English

Etymology

neur- + axis

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/

Noun

neuraxis (plural neuraxes)

  1. (anatomy, medicine, usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
  2. (anatomy, embryology, medicine, sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
    • 1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51:
      The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis.

Derived terms

  • neuraxial

Further reading

  • neuraxis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
随便看

 

国际大辞典收录了7408809条英语、德语、日语等多语种在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的翻译及用法,是外语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2023 idict.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/10/3 23:21:48