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peripheral nervous system

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
pe-riph-er-al n-er-vous sys-tem
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.

Inflected Forms

peripheral nervous systems (plural)

Phrases

central nervous system

Frequently Paired Words

central nervous system

Synonyms

systema nervosum periphericum peripheral nervous system

Questions

What does peripheral nervous system mean?
The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.

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