cerebrospinal

1. 1.

   of or relating to the brain and spinal cord

   “cerebrospinal fluid”

Questions about cerebrospinal

What does cerebrospinal mean?

cerebrospinal means "of or relating to the brain and spinal cord".

How many syllables are in cerebrospinal?

cerebrospinal has 5 syllables: ce-re-bro-spi-nal. The stress falls on "bro".

Is cerebrospinal a common word?

cerebrospinal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.