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cerebrospinal fluid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
cere-brospinal flu-id
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

cerebrospinal fluids (plural)

Synonyms

brain fluid CSF spinal fluid

Questions

What does cerebrospinal fluid mean?
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.

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