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  2. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2010 October 2

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    The chorus goes "If you're nervous in the service, And you don't know what to do / Have a baby, get out of the Navy." Later, it was generalized to just meaning "nervous", so that the word "service" is now just a bit of rhyming nonsense, like the "Ruth" in "that's the truth, Ruth".

  3. Rebus - Wikipedia

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    A rebus (/ ˈ r iː b ə s / REE-bəss) is a puzzle device that combines the use of illustrated pictures with individual letters to depict words or phrases. For example: the word "been" might be depicted by a rebus showing an illustrated bumblebee next to a plus sign (+) and the letter "n".

  4. Nervous system - Wikipedia

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    In biology, the nervous system is the highly complex part of an animal that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body. The nervous system detects environmental changes that impact the body, then works in tandem with the endocrine system to respond to such events. [ 1 ]

  5. Brain - Wikipedia

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    Another approach to brain function is to examine the consequences of damage to specific brain areas. Even though it is protected by the skull and meninges , surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid , and isolated from the bloodstream by the blood–brain barrier, the delicate nature of the brain makes it vulnerable to numerous diseases and several ...

  6. Neurology - Wikipedia

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    Neurology (from Greek: νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves. [1]

  7. Today's Wordle Hint, Answer for #1304 on Monday ... - AOL

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    As a noun, this word refers to a loose-fitting garment that's worn over a person's clothes. It also means to hide or conceal something from view. OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally ...

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    For every 3 non-theme words you find, you earn a hint. Hints show the letters of a theme word. If there is already an active hint on the board, a hint will show that word’s letter order.

  9. Central nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and diploblasts.