All 4 Uses

central nervous system
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The Magic Mountain
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That comes from soluble toxins released by the bacteria; they have an intoxicating effect on the central nervous system, you see—which gives you those flushed cheeks.†
Chpt 4.10 *

central nervous system = the brain and spina cord
You should know that the central nervous system is simply a slight modification of the external skin.†
Chpt 5.6
"Hot flashes" would indicate that the central nervous system was the seat both of whatever caused catabolism and of a skin condition we are content to call abnormal, simply because we do not know any better way to define it.†
Chpt 5.7
For Joachim tried hard to keep his eye squarely on October, although certain nodes in his central nervous system refused to obey humanistic norms and hindered a compensatory distribution of body warmth through the skin.†
Chpt 6.8

Definitions:

(1) (central nervous system)
the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)