subarachnoid

English

Meninges

Etymology

sub- +‎ arachnoid

Adjective

subarachnoid (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater
   • 1988 May 20, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […] ."

Derived terms

• subarachnoid space

Translations

located or occurring below the arachnoid mater

• Czech: subarachnoidální
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: lukinkalvonalainen

See also

• Subarachnoid space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia