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central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumor  listen  (SEN-trul NER-vus SIS-tem PRIH-muh-tiv NOOR-oh-EK-toh-DER-mul TOO-mer)

  A type of cancer that arises from a particular type of cell within the brain or spinal cord. Also called CNS PNET.