subarachnoid

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

English arachnoid

English subarachnoid

From sub- + arachnoid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʌb.əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
• Rhymes: -æknɔɪd

Adjective

subarachnoid (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, relational) Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.

   Synonym: subarachnoidal

   • 1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1], volume 17, number 31, archived from the original on 23 July 2021:

     After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […] ."

Derived terms

• subarachnoid space

Translations

below the arachnoid mater

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛛網膜下 / 蛛网膜下 (zhūwǎngmóxià)

• Czech: subarachnoidální
• Finnish: lukinkalvonalainen
• Polish: podpajęczynówkowy
• Spanish: subaracnoideo

Noun

subarachnoid (plural subarachnoids)

1. Ellipsis of subarachnoid space.

See also

• subarachnoid space on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “subarachnoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “subarachnoid”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.