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Definition of Spinal fluid
1. Noun. Clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord.
Generic synonyms: Bodily Fluid, Body Fluid, Humor, Humour, Liquid Body Substance
Group relationships: Ventricle, Medulla Spinalis, Spinal Cord
Medical Definition of Spinal fluid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Spinal Fluid
Literary usage of Spinal fluid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"The cerebro-spinal fluid is the lymph of the central nervous system, and as such
is a ... Cholin is present in cerebro-spinal fluid obtained from cases of ..."
2. The Lancet (1860)
"That the clear fluid which sometimes escapes so abundantly from the ear and from
the nose in cranial fractures, is now proved to be cérébro-spinal fluid. ..."
3. A Text book of physiology by Michael Foster (1894)
"With this caution we may say that the cerebro-spinal fluid is a transparent,
colourless or very slightly yellowish fluid, of faint alkaline reaction, ..."
4. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1915)
"Examination of the Cerebro-spinal fluid. In cerebro-spinal syphilis ... To obtain
spinal fluid a hollow needle is inserted between the spines of the ..."
5. Physical Diagnosis by Richard Clarke Cabot (1919)
"Examination of the Cerebro-spinal fluid. In cerebro-spinal syphilis ... To obtain
spinal fluid a hollow needle is inserted between the spines of the ..."
6. Rest and pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton (1891)
"I shall endeavor to prove that the cérébro-spinal fluid performs, in relation to
the circulation of the brain, the same functions that the elastic capsules ..."
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