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cerebrospinal fluid

cerebrospinal fluid noun: a clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.

Noun

cerebrospinal fluid (countable and uncountable, plural cerebrospinal fluids)

  1. A clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
    Synonyms:
    brain fluid, CSF
  2. A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.

cerebrospinal fluid meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Persian

cerebrospinal fluid in Tamil

clear bodily fluid
மூளை தண்டுவட திரவம் mūḷai taṇṭuvaṭa tiravam

cerebrospinal fluid in Indonesian

clear bodily fluid
cairan serebrospinal

cerebrospinal fluid in Persian

clear bodily fluid
مایع مغزی-نخاعی

Synonyms of cerebrospinal fluid

Forms of cerebrospinal fluid

pluralcerebrospinal fluids

Questions about cerebrospinal fluid

What does cerebrospinal fluid mean?
Cerebrospinal fluid means a clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
What is cerebrospinal fluid in Tamil?
Cerebrospinal fluid in Tamil is மூளை தண்டுவட திரவம் (mūḷai taṇṭuvaṭa tiravam). See Cerebrospinal fluid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cerebrospinal fluid?
Cerebrospinal fluid is a noun.
What is the plural of cerebrospinal fluid?
The plural of cerebrospinal fluid is cerebrospinal fluids.

Words near cerebrospinal fluid in the dictionary

  1. cerebroside
  2. cerebrosides
  3. cerebrosidosis
  4. cerebrospinal
  5. cerebrospinal axis
  6. cerebrospinal fluid
  7. cerebrospinal fluids
  8. cerebrospinal meningitis
  9. cerebrosplanchnic
  10. cerebrosterol
  11. cerebrotectal

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