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
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.
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