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Definition of "peripheral nervous system" []

  • The part of the vertebrate nervous system constituting the nerves outside the central nervous system and including the cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. (noun)

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Words like "peripheral nervous system"
systema nervosum periphericum