English Explanatory Dictionary

cerebrospinal fluid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
  2. A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.

Word forms

cerebrospinal fluid cerebrospinal fluids

Synonyms

brain fluid CSF

Translations

Catalan: líquid cefaloraquidi Catalan: líquid cerebrospinal Chinese Mandarin: 腦脊液 /脑脊液 Czech: mozkomíšní mok Dutch: hersenvocht Finnish: aivoselkäydinneste French: liquide cérébro-spinal German: Zerebrospinalflüssigkeit German: Gehirnwasser Greek: εγκεφαλονωτιαίο υγρό Hungarian: agy-gerincvelői folyadék Indonesian: cairan serebrospinal Italian: liquido cefalorachidiano Japanese: 脳脊髄液 Japanese: 髄液 Japanese: 脳漿 Kazakh: ми жұлын сұйығы Korean: 뇌척수액 Northern Kurdish: şileya mejî-dirkepetik Latin: liquor cerebrospinalis Persian: مایع مغزی-نخاعی Portuguese: líquido cefalorraquidiano Portuguese: fluido cérebro-espinhal Romanian: lichid cefalorahidian Russian: спинномозгова́я жи́дкость Russian: цереброспина́льная жи́дкость Russian: ли́квор Spanish: líquido cefalorraquídeo Spanish: líquido cerebroespinal Swedish: cerebrospinalvätska Tamil: மூளை தண்டுவட திரவம் Turkish: serebrospinal sıvı Turkish: beyin-omurilik sıvısı
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