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cerebrospinal

/suh-ree-broh-spahyn-l, ser-uh-/US // səˌri broʊˈspaɪn l, ˌsɛr ə- //UK // (ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈspaɪnəl) //

脑脊髓,脑脊液,脑脊髓的,脑脊膜

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Anatomy, Physiology.

    • : pertaining to or affecting the brain and the spinal cord.
    • : of or relating to the central nervous system.

Examples

  • Fortunately, the brain is suspended in cerebrospinal fluid designed to buffer the motions of every-day life.

  • "Sleeping sickness" is a late stage when the organisms have invaded the cerebrospinal fluid.

  • Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a very fatal disease at times in America.

  • Its a fine large word, and is in my line; it has quite a learned and cerebrospinal incandescent sound.

  • My observations seem to point to the sympathetic system arising as an off-shoot from the cerebrospinal system.

  • This disease may be mistaken at times for foreign bodies in the mouth or for the so-called cerebrospinal meningitis.