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神経系 (shinkeikei) Japanese meaning: nervous system | Kotomora

神しん経けい系けい

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Meanings

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nervous system

Refers to the biological nervous system in humans and animals.

神しん経けい系けいは脳のうと脊せき髄ずいからなる。
The nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.

ストレスは神しん経けい系けいに悪あく影えい響きょうを与あたえる。

Stress has a negative effect on the nervous system.

Kanji

神gods, mind, soul
経sutra, longitude, pass thru
系lineage, system

Word family

中ちゅう枢すう神しん経けい系けい
central nervous system; CNS
交こう感かん神しん経けい系けい
sympathetic nervous system
散さん在ざい神しん経けい系けい
diffuse nervous system
末まっ梢しょう神しん経けい系けい
peripheral nervous system
自じ律りつ神しん経けい系けい
autonomic nervous system; ANS
集しゅう中ちゅう神しん経けい系けい
concentrated nervous system

Built from

神しん経けい+系けい

Etymology

Compound of 神経 (shinkei, 'nerve') and 系 (kei, 'system').