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neurolymph en · NOUN

Etymology

From neuro- + lymph.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable) cerebrospinal fluid
   • The fluid is called cerebrospinal fluid, cephalo-rachidian (" head-spine") fluid, or neurolymph ("nerve-water").. 1902, F. H. Gerrish, A Text-book of anatomy by American authors, page 514:
   • The spinal cord lies in the vertebral canal, and within the cord is the neurocele or neural canal. Both of these canals normally contain neurolymph. 1949, B. M. Harrison, The dissection of the shark (The dogfish, squalus acanthias), page iv:

Deriveds

neurolymphatic

Translations (2)

ro neurolimfă (fluid) · pt neurolinfa (fluid)