Meanings
plural cerebrospinal fluids
- countableuncountablemedicineA clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
Synonyms: brain fluid, CSF
- countableuncountableanatomyA bodily fluid filling the third ventricle and surrounding the interthalamic adhesion.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA clear bodily fluid in the form of a very pure saline solution with microglia that occupies the subarachnoid space in the brain (between the skull and the cerebral cortex), and which acts as a cushion or buffer for the cortex.
More synonyms by meaning
nounclear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan líquid cefaloraquidi, líquid cerebrospinal
- líquid cefaloraquidiclear bodily fluid
- líquid cerebrospinalclear bodily fluid
Chinese Mandarin 腦脊液 /脑脊液
- 腦脊液 /脑脊液 (nǎojǐyè)clear bodily fluid
Czech mozkomíšní mok
- mozkomíšní mokclear bodily fluid
Dutch hersenvocht
- hersenvochtclear bodily fluid
Finnish aivoselkäydinneste
- aivoselkäydinnesteclear bodily fluid
French liquide cérébro-spinal
- liquide cérébro-spinalclear bodily fluid
German Zerebrospinalflüssigkeit, Gehirnwasser
- Zerebrospinalflüssigkeitclear bodily fluid
- Gehirnwasserclear bodily fluid
Greek εγκεφαλονωτιαίο υγρό
- εγκεφαλονωτιαίο υγρό (egkefalonotiaío ygró)clear bodily fluid
Hungarian agy-gerincvelői folyadék
- agy-gerincvelői folyadékclear bodily fluid
Indonesian cairan serebrospinal
- cairan serebrospinalclear bodily fluid
Italian liquido cefalorachidiano
- liquido cefalorachidianoclear bodily fluid
Japanese 脳脊髄液, 髄液
- 脳脊髄液 (nōsekizuieki)clear bodily fluid
- 髄液 (zuieki)clear bodily fluid
- 脳漿 (nōshō)clear bodily fluid
Korean 뇌척수액
- 뇌척수액 (noecheoksuaek)clear bodily fluid
Latin liquor cerebrospinalis
- liquor cerebrospinalisclear bodily fluid
Persian مایع مغزی-نخاعی
- مایع مغزی-نخاعیclear bodily fluid
Portuguese líquido cefalorraquidiano, fluido cérebro-espinhal
- líquido cefalorraquidianoclear bodily fluid
- fluido cérebro-espinhalclear bodily fluid
Romanian lichid cefalorahidian
- lichid cefalorahidianclear bodily fluid
Russian спинномозгова́я жи́дкость, цереброспина́льная жи́дкость
- спинномозгова́я жи́дкость (spinnomozgovája žídkostʹ)clear bodily fluid
- цереброспина́льная жи́дкость (cerebrospinálʹnaja žídkostʹ)clear bodily fluid
- ли́квор (líkvor)clear bodily fluid
Spanish líquido cefalorraquídeo, líquido cerebroespinal
- líquido cefalorraquídeoclear bodily fluid
- líquido cerebroespinalclear bodily fluid
Swedish cerebrospinalvätska
- cerebrospinalvätskaclear bodily fluid
Tamil மூளை தண்டுவட திரவம்
- மூளை தண்டுவட திரவம் (mūḷai taṇṭuvaṭa tiravam)clear bodily fluid
Turkish serebrospinal sıvı, beyin-omurilik sıvısı
- serebrospinal sıvıclear bodily fluid
- beyin-omurilik sıvısıclear bodily fluid
Cite this entry
cerebrospinal fluid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrospinal%20fluid
“cerebrospinal fluid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrospinal%20fluid. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cerebrospinal fluid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cerebrospinal%20fluid.
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