neuroskeleton
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
neuroskeleton (plural neuroskeletons)
- (anatomy) The deep-seated parts of the vertebrate skeleton related to the nervous axis and locomotion.
- 1866, Richard Owen, Anatomy of Vertebrates:
- the bones of the neuroskeleton
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References edit
“neuroskeleton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.