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spinal cord
the thick cord of nerve tissue of the central nervous system, extending down the spinal canal from the medulla oblongata
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noun
The thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata down through the spinal column and from which the spinal nerves branch off to various parts of the body.
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