English Explanatory Dictionary

Traube's space

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crescent-shaped anatomic space encompassed by the lower edge of the left lung, the anterior border of the spleen, the left costal margin and the inferior margin of the left lobe of the liver.

Word forms

Traube's space Traube's spaces

Etymology

Named after German physician Ludwig Traube (1818–1876). Described by one of his pupils in 1868.

Synonyms

Traube's semilunar space
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