extrathecal

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adjective

Located outside of the theca (any sense).

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveextrathecal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLocated outside of the theca (any sense).

    Antimyelin antibodies are produced in an extrathecal site, as occurs in Sydenham's chorea.

    2015, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Nancy Agmon-Levin, Noel R Rose, Infection and Autoimmunity, →ISBN, page 507
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    These clinical and imaging features are highly suggestive of CSF leak in a patient with SIH syndrome, but more definitive diagnosis is achieved with demonstration of extrathecal CSF collections on spinal imaging (Fig. 10.13).

    2016, Neuroimaging, →ISBN, page 203

    Numerous extrathecal developments have been recognized in graptolites, and are here discussed in relation to their position on the colony and the precise development.

    2017, Jörg Maletz -, Graptolite Paleobiology, →ISBN, page 45

Origin

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