NERVE CORD


Meaning of NERVE CORD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1877

1. : the pair of closely united ventral longitudinal nerves with their segmental ganglia that is characteristic of many elongate invertebrates (as earthworms)

2. : the dorsal tubular cord of nervous tissue above the notochord of a chordate that comprises or develops into the central nervous system

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.