Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A variety of spina bifida.
  • noun The entire cavity of the myelon or spinal cord, consisting primitively of a syringocœle with a posterior dilatation termed rhombocœle. See cut under spinal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Anat.) The central canal of the spinal cord.

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  • noun anatomy The central canal of the spinal cord.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek marrow + hollow.

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