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parasellar

parasellar adjective: near or covering the sella turcica.

Adjective

parasellar (not comparable)

  1. Near or covering the sella turcica
    • EETSA is a minimally invasive technique that is considered to be safe and effective for treatment of pituitary adenoma and other parasellar lesions.2015 July 31, Jae-Hyun Park et al., “Modified Graded Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks in Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Surgery”, in Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, volume 58, →DOI

Origin of parasellar

From para- + sellar.

Questions about parasellar

What does parasellar mean?
Parasellar means near or covering the sella turcica.
What part of speech is parasellar?
Parasellar is an adjective.

Words near parasellar in the dictionary

  1. paraselective
  2. paraselenae
  3. paraselene
  4. paraselenes
  5. paraselenic
  6. parasellar
  7. parasensory
  8. paraseptal
  9. parasequence
  10. parasequences
  11. parasequential

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