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extracavernous en · ADJ

Etymology

From extra- + cavernous.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Outside the corpus cavernosum
   • A hard tumor, with encasement of the internal carotid artery (ICA), received a debulking and partial removal, in the extracavernous portion (Simpson Grade IV). 2015 June 29, Carlos Eduardo da Silva, Paulo Eduardo Peixoto de Freitas, “Large and giant skull base meningiomas: The role of radical surgical removal”, in Surgical Neurology International, volume 6, →DOI:

Relateds

intracavernous