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transsellar

transsellar adjective: through, or across the sella turcica.

Adjective

transsellar (not comparable)

  1. Through, or across the sella turcica
    • Out of 21 patients with cysts with an intra and suprasellar location, we performed an extended approach in those cases with a larger suprasellar component and when the transsellar route could damage the pituitary gland or didn’t let to access and/or empty the suprasellar component of the lesion.2015 October 17, “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Management of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of transsellar

From trans- + sellar.

Questions about transsellar

What does transsellar mean?
Transsellar means through, or across the sella turcica.
What part of speech is transsellar?
Transsellar is an adjective.

Words near transsellar in the dictionary

  1. transsection
  2. transsectional
  3. transsections
  4. transsectoral
  5. transsegmental
  6. transsellar
  7. transsemiotic
  8. transsensual
  9. transseptal
  10. transseptally
  11. transseries

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