neurolymph

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ lymph

Noun

neurolymph (uncountable)

1. (medicine, obsolete) cerebrospinal fluid
   • 1949, B. M. Harrison, The dissection of the shark (The dogfish, squalus acanthias)‎^[1], page iv:

     The spinal cord lies in the vertebral canal, and within the cord is the neurocele or neural canal. Both of these canals normally contain neurolymph.

   • 1902, F. H. Gerrish, A Text-book of anatomy by American authors‎^[2], page 514:

     The fluid is called cerebrospinal fluid, cephalo-rachidian (" head-spine") fluid, or neurolymph ("nerve-water")..

Derived terms

• neurolymphatic