cerebrospinal fluid
Noun
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Noun
cerebrospinal fluid
- (medicine) Abbreviated CSF. A clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
- French: liquide cérébro-spinal
- Portuguese: líquido cefalorraquidiano, fluido cérebro-espinhal
- Russian: спинномозгова́я жи́дкость
- Spanish: líquido cefalorraquídeo, líquido cerebroespinal
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