脳のう漿しょう

noun

cerebrospinal fluid; spinal fluid

Medical term for the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Often used in clinical or anatomical contexts.

See also: 脳脊髄液

• 腰よう椎つい穿せん刺しで脳のう漿しょうを採さい取しゅする。

  Cerebrospinal fluid is collected by lumbar puncture.

• 脳のう漿しょうの検けん査さで髄ずい膜まく炎えんがわかった。

  Examination of the cerebrospinal fluid revealed meningitis.

noun

brains; intelligence

Figurative, somewhat old-fashioned expression for intellectual capacity or mental power. Often used in phrases like 脳漿を絞る (to rack one's brains).

• 彼かれは脳のう漿しょうを絞しぼって難なん問もんを解といた。

  He racked his brains and solved the difficult problem.