nervous system
noun
: the bodily system that in vertebrates is made up of the brain and spinal cord, nerves, ganglia, and parts of the receptor organs and that receives and interprets stimuli and transmits impulses to the effector organs see autonomic nervous system, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system
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That ability, once reserved for living nervous systems, could reshape how robots interact with the physical world and with humans in particular.
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Trust your nervous system for an accurate read of most people and most situations.
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Meanwhile, Tabrizi took a different path to studying conditions that damage and destroy parts of the human nervous system.
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New Atlas, 8 Feb. 2026
Trust your nervous system for an accurate read of most people and most situations.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Tabrizi took a different path to studying conditions that damage and destroy parts of the human nervous system.
—Hunter Geisel, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
But our power is about awakening something beyond fear and cynicism in the human nervous system.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nervous system
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