cerebrospinal

adjective

ce·re·bro·spi·nal | \ sə-ˌrē-brō-ˈspī-nᵊl

, ˌser-ə-brō- \

Definition of cerebrospinal

: of or relating to the brain and spinal cord or to these together with the cranial and spinal nerves that innervate voluntary muscles

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Recent Examples on the Web After all, cilia are typically seen in the context of fluids: propelling bacteria or other organisms through water, or moving mucus or cerebrospinal fluids in a body. — Quanta Magazine, 16 Mar. 2022 Her nasal drainage was later analyzed and tested positive for beta-2 transferrin, a marker that’s found almost exclusively in cerebrospinal (aka brain) fluid. — Korin Miller, Health.com, 2 Oct. 2020 People with brain tumors often wake up early with a headache because cerebrospinal fluid pressure is the highest in the early morning, Dr. Kreigler says. — Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Aug. 2017 A shunt surgery to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid building up around his brain took six attempts, but the seventh succeeded. — Joel Michael Reynolds, Time, 9 Aug. 2017 But other times, researchers can’t, such as a recent case study of seven survivors with neurological complications who all turned up negative for Ebola RNA in their cerebrospinal fluid. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 July 2017 Another option, said Metz, is a drain inserted through the skin that diverts the cerebrospinal fluid, decreasing the pressure inside the dura. — Tracy Seipel, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2017 And in a small human study, other scientists have found that deep breathing significantly increases the glymphatic transport of cerebrospinal fluid into the brain. — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 21 May 2017 The glymphatic vessels carry cerebrospinal fluid and immune cells into the brain and remove cellular trash from it. — David Kohn, Washington Post, 21 May 2017 See More

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