Dictionary

neuraxis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English neur- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English neuraxis From neur- + axis.

Meanings

1. (usually) Synonym of central nervous system.
2. (sometimes) A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
   • The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis. 1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51

Forms

Deriveds

neuraxial

Synonyms

central nervous system