CNS may refer to:

Science and medicine Central nervous system Clinical nurse specialist Coagulase-negative staphylococcus Connectedness to nature scale Conserved non-coding sequence of DNA Crigler–Najjar syndrome Crystallography and NMR system, a software library Color Naming System

Military CNS (chemical weapon), a mixture of chloroacetophenone, chloropicrin and chloroform Chief of the Naval Staff (disambiguation), in several countries Former Taiwanese navy ship prefix

Education Cicero-North Syracuse High School, New York, US City of Norwich School, England Computation and Neural Systems, a Caltech program

Organisations Canadian Nuclear Society Chinese Nuclear Society Communications Nova Scotia, defunct government agency in Canada Congress of Neurological Surgeons Corporation for National Service, later the Corporation for National and Community Service, commonly known as AmeriCorps Council for National Security, military junta of Thailand in 2006 Cuban National Series, baseball league Szekler National Council (), Romania

Media Cartoon Network Studios Catholic News Service China News Service City News Service CNS TV 6, a Guyanese television channel CNSNews, formerly Cybercast News Service Copley News Service Cox News Service

Other Cairns International Airport, IATA code Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag, Norwegian folk music group Chinese National Standards Cooper Nuclear Station, a nuclear power plant in United States Communication, navigation and surveillance, in air traffic management Custody Notification Service, Australian advice service "Cell, Nature, or Science": a "CNS Paper" means a scientific publication in one of these high-profile scientific journals

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