subarachnoid
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
subarachnoid (not comparable)
- (anatomy, relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.
- Synonym: subarachnoidal
- 1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader[1], volume 17, number 31:
- After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […] ."
Derived terms
Translations
below the arachnoid mater
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See also
- subarachnoid space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “subarachnoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “subarachnoid”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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