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subarachnoidal

subarachnoidal is the alternative form of subarachnoid.

Meaning of subarachnoid

Adjective

subarachnoid (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.
    • After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […]."1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader, volume 17, number 31, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021
    Synonyms:
    subarachnoidal

Origin of subarachnoidal

From sub- + arachnoidal.

Questions about subarachnoidal

What is subarachnoidal the alternative form of?
Subarachnoidal is the alternative form of subarachnoid.

Words near subarachnoidal in the dictionary

  1. subaqueously
  2. subaquæous
  3. subarachnoid
  4. subarachnoid space
  5. subarachnoid spaces
  6. subarachnoidal
  7. subarachnoideal
  8. subarachnoids
  9. subarboreal
  10. subarboreally
  11. subarborescent

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