cerebro-spinal, a.
(ˌsɛrɪbrəʊˈspaɪnəl)
[f. cerebro- (see above) + spinal.]
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 cerebro-spinal meningitis, inflammation of the meninges of the brain and the spinal cord, otherwise called spotted fever.
| 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 4 In the cerebro-spinal the nervous tree may be said to be double. 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 723/2 The cerebro-spinal axis. 1866 Huxley Phys. xi. (1869) 283 The nervous apparatus consists of two sets of nerves and nerve-centres..These are the cerebro-spinal system and the sympathetic system. 1889 Osler Cerebral Palsies 18 Cerebro-spinal meningitis was stated to be the cause of the trouble. 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. IX. 189 Four ounces of turbid cerebrospinal fluid were collected and measured. 1901 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. |