CEREBROSPINAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cerebrospinal mean? 

• CEREBROSPINAL (adjective)
  The adjective CEREBROSPINAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the brain and spinal cord

  Familiarity information: CEREBROSPINAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CEREBROSPINAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the brain and spinal cord

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cerebrospinal fluid

Pertainym:

brain (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)

 Context examples 

Ependymal tumors may also develop in the cells lining the ventricles of the brain, which produce and store the special fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) that protects the brain and spinal cord.

(Ependymal tumor, NCI Dictionary)

Ependymomas may also form in the choroid plexus (tissue in the ventricles that makes cerebrospinal fluid).

(Ependymoma, NCI Dictionary)

It often causes clinical symptoms by blocking cerebrospinal fluid pathways.

(Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

(Hydrocephalus, NCI Dictionary)

Venous channels within the dura mater of the brain which receives both blood from blood vessels within the brain as well as cerebrospinal fluid then drains into the internal jugular vein.

(Dural Venous Sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

A vascular fringe projecting from the choroidal fissure into each lateral ventricle where cerebrospinal fluid is produced.

(Choroid Plexus of the Lateral Ventricle, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists next measured orexin in the cerebrospinal fluid of 53 people showing suicidal behavior.

(The Mechanism of Panic Attacks, NIH, US)

A benign, slow growing tumor which may cause symptoms by blocking cerebrospinal fluid pathways.

(Choroid Plexus Papilloma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

An intradural extramedullary spinal metastasis from an intracranial tumor through the cerebrospinal fluid.

(Drop Metastasis to Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an abnormal increase of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

(Hydrocephalus, NCI Thesaurus)