extrathecal

English

Etymology

extra- +‎ thecal

Adjective

extrathecal (not comparable)

  1. Located outside of the theca (any sense).
    • 2015, Yehuda Shoenfeld, ‎Nancy Agmon-Levin, & ‎Noel R Rose, Infection and Autoimmunity, →ISBN, page 507:
      Antimyelin antibodies are produced in an extrathecal site, as occurs in Sydenham's chorea.
    • 2016, Neuroimaging, →ISBN, page 203:
      These clinical and imaging features are highly suggestive of CSF leak in a patient with SIH syndrome, but more definitive diagnosis is achieved with demonstration of extrathecal CSF collections on spinal imaging (Fig. 10.13).
    • 2017, Jörg Maletz -, Graptolite Paleobiology, →ISBN, page 45:
      Numerous extrathecal developments have been recognized in graptolites, and are here discussed in relation to their position on the colony and the precise development.
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