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cerebro-spinal, a.|ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈspaɪnəl|
[f. cerebro- (see above) + spinal.]
Relating to the brain and spinal cord.
cerebro-spinal axis the brain and spinal cord as together constituting the central or main part of the cerebro-spinal system, the chief of the two great nerve-systems of vertebrates. cerebro-spinal fluid: a serous fluid occupying the space between the arachnoid membrane and pia mater. cerebro-spinal fever or cerebro-spinal meningitis, inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, otherwise called spotted fever.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 4 In the cerebro-spinal the nervous tree may be said to be double. 1836Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 723/2 The cerebro-spinal axis. 1866Huxley Phys. xi. (1869) 283 The nervous apparatus consists of two sets of nerves and nerve-centres..These are the cerebro-spinal system and the sympathetic system. 1889Osler Cerebral Palsies 18 Cerebro-spinal meningitis was stated to be the cause of the trouble. 1897Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 189 Four ounces of turbid cerebrospinal fluid were collected and measured. 1901Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 101 Sporadic cerebro-spinal fever occurs in all the larger cities..of this continent. 1955Sci. News Let. 19 Mar. 190/2 This kind of meningitis is also called cerebrospinal fever and spotted fever. |