Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spinal_cord

1 sense of spinal cord

Sense 1
spinal cord, medulla spinalis -- (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)
       => neural structure -- (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
       => funiculus -- (any of several body structure resembling a cord)