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cerebrospinal

[ suh-ree-broh-spahyn-l, ser-uh- ]

adjective

, Anatomy, Physiology.
  1. pertaining to or affecting the brain and the spinal cord.
  2. of or relating to the central nervous system.


cerebrospinal

/ ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈspaɪnəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the brain and spinal cord


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebrospinal1

First recorded in 1820–30; cerebro- + spinal

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Example Sentences

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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