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central nervous system
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  • Rabies, a disease of the central nervous system, the good old CNS.†  (source)
  • But before his murder my scanner showed an appreciable retreat of the cruciform nematodes from some parts of the central nervous system.†  (source)
  • Some strains stay in the peripheral nervous system, but other strains head like a bullet for the central nervous system and take up permanent residence in the cells of the brain-coiling around the brainstem like a serpent around a tree.†  (source)
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  • For those who could afford it—or whose insurance covered it, as ours did—the hospital provided epidurals, which delivered pain-blocking oblivion directly into the central nervous system.†  (source)
    central nervous system = the brain and spina cord
  • Parcells became a connoisseur of the central nervous system of opposing quarterbacks.†  (source)
  • The nerves in the throat are a magnificent network of immobilizing, cordlike fibres connecting the body organs to the central nervous system.†  (source)
  • Otherwise, Ezzo warns, sleep deprivation might "negatively impact an infant's developing central nervous system" and lead to learning disabilities.†  (source)
  • That probability is as follows: FORM PROBABILITY Unicellular organisms or less (naked genetic information) 7840 Multicellular organisms, simple 1940 Multicellular organisms, complex but lacking coordinated central nervous system 0140 Multicellular organisms with integrated organ systems including nervous system 007g Multicellular organisms with complex nervous system capable of handling 7+ data (human capability) .0002 1.0000 These considerations lead me to believe that the first human interaction with extraterrestrial life will consist of contact with organisms similar to, if not identical to, earth bacteria or viruses.†  (source)
  • The hemlock that ended his life did not do so quickly or painlessly, but rather by producing a gradual paralysis of the central nervous system.†  (source)
  • The jugular vein pumped it through the heart and then on to the rest of the vascular system, quickly shutting the brain off by sealing the gates between the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.†  (source)
  • In Germany, the effects of Marburg virus on the brain were particularly frightening, and resembled the effects of rabies: the virus somehow damaged the central nervous system and could destroy the brain, as does rabies.†  (source)
  • As with laboratory rats and monkeys, as with dogs whose skulls are cut open and brains exposed for days during experiments related to the central nervous system, as with all animals that further the cause of knowledge, these orphans have no names.†  (source)
  • I was afraid to take a stimulant or a drink or to light a cigarette, since my central nervous system itself was to be a part of the weapon.†  (source)
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