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extrathecal en · ADJ

Etymology

From extra- + thecal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Located outside of the theca (any sense).
    • Antimyelin antibodies are produced in an extrathecal site, as occurs in Sydenham's chorea. 2015, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Noel R Rose, Infection and Autoimmunity, →ISBN, page 507:
    • Numerous extrathecal developments have been recognized in graptolites, and are here discussed in relation to their position on the colony and the precise development. 2017, Jörg Maletz -, Graptolite Paleobiology, →ISBN, page 45:
    • These clinical and imaging features are highly suggestive of CSF leak in a patient with SIH syndrome, but more definitive diagnosis is achieved with demonstration of extrathecal CSF collections on spinal imaging (Fig. 10.13). 2016, Neuroimaging, →ISBN, page 203: