WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cerebrospi′nal flu′id, [Physiol.]
  1. the fluid in the ventricles of the brain, between the arachnoid and pia mater, and surrounding the spinal cord.
  • 1895–1900

'cerebrospinal fluid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CSF - encephalogram - hydrocephalus - hyperbaric - hypobaric - lumbar puncture - meningocele - pneumoencephalogram - spina bifida - ventricle

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