Spinal Fluid

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SF
Pronunciation
/ˈspaɪnəl fluɪd/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Physiology

Examples in Context

  1. Definition : meningitis and cerebral spinal fluid is the liquid surrounding induced by bacterial infection and disease.
  2. The bacteria can sometimes be seen in microscopic examinations of the spinal fluid.
  3. Continuous external lumbar drainage of cerebral spinal fluid; Infusion pump; Subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  4. In that study, they found markers in the spinal fluid that indicated that there was damage to the brain.
  5. It's also present in spinal fluid and, in very small quantities, in the blood.

Other meanings of SF