cerebro-spinaladj.
/ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈspʌɪnəl/ 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 meningitis, inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, otherwise called spotted fever.
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cerebro-spinal1826
neural1846
myelencephalic1868
neuraxial1889
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [noun] > disorders of brain > inflammation of brain > meningitis
spotted fever1623
water stroke1821
meningitis1824
cerebro-spinal fever or meningitis1901
choriomeningitis1934
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 4 In the cerebro-spinal the nervous tree may be said to be double.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 723/2 The cerebro-spinal axis.
1866 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (1869) xi. 283 The nervous apparatus consists of two sets of nerves and nerve-centres..These are the cerebro-spinal system and the sympathetic system.
1889 W. Osler Cerebral Palsies of Children 18 Cerebro-spinal meningitis was stated to be the cause of the trouble.
1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 189 Four ounces of turbid cerebrospinal fluid were collected and measured.
1901 W. Osler Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 4) 101 Sporadic cerebro-spinal fever occurs in all the larger cities..of this continent.
1955 Sci. News Let. 19 Mar. 190/2 This kind of meningitis is also called cerebrospinal fever and spotted fever.
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