spinal fluid

1. 1.

   clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord

   Synonymscerebrospinal fluid

   Broaderliquid body substance

   Part ofventriclespinal cord

Questions about spinal fluid

What does spinal fluid mean?

spinal fluid means "clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord".

What is another word for spinal fluid?

Close synonyms include cerebrospinal fluid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spinal fluid a common word?

spinal fluid 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.