cephalomedullary

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English

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Etymology

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From cephalo- +‎ medullary.

Adjective

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cephalomedullary (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Relating to the brain and the medulla oblongata
    • 2015 August 3, Junyi Wu et al., “Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      While being widely used in current medical treatment, especially in the area of intertrochanteric hip fractures, the cephalomedullary devices (CMN), however, led to a considerably high complication rate of 41.9% according to Pui et al.