arachnoid
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- adjective
- /əˈræk.nɔɪd/
:
arácnido
- The intricate patterns of the spider's web revealed its arachnoid structure.
- arachnoid cells
Examples
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The artist used arachnoid motifs to evoke a sense of mystery in her painting.
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The arachnoid membrane surrounding the Vth, VIIth, and VIIIth nerves and any blood vessels is opened with blunt dissection or sharp scissors.
Academic text (1996) -
A web would indicate an arachnoid presence.
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Everything points to arachnoid adhesions involving the olfactory nerve in the brain.
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A pressure dressing is applied and left in place untouched for four to five days to prevent movement of the fat and to allow the arachnoid membrane to heal.
Academic text (1996) -
Meningiomas in this region arise from arachnoid cells in the jugular bulb.
Academic text (2008) -
Meningiomas are thought to originate from the cell clusters capping the arachnoid villi.
Academic text (2007) -
The membranes surrounding the cord are the dura mater, the arachnoid layer, and the pia mater.
Academic text (2005) -
Primary jugular fossa meningiomas arise from arachnoid cells that line the jugular bulb in the jugular fossa.
Academic text (2009) -
The arachnoid features of the sculpture reminded viewers of a fragile web.
Synonyms
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6.4
Thin and delicate like a spider's web or legs
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5.5
Shaped or moving like a spider with long thin legs
Shaped like a spider or a spider's web
Having the shape of a spider or spider web
Like a spider or like a spider's web
Like a spider in look or movement with long thin parts reaching out
Having thin, long legs or parts and moving like a spider
Having thin lines that form a shape like a spider's web
Having the shape of a spider with legs and a round body
Compounds
- Specialized
A thin, web-like middle layer that covers the brain and spinal cord
How Spider-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
arachnoid = arachnid (transparent) = arachno + oid
Formed from the spider-related combining form 'arachno-' plus '-oid', so the meaning 'spider-like' is directly inferable.
Etymology
Arachnoid comes from the Greek arachne 'spider' and the ending -oid 'like', so it literally means 'spider-like' or 'web-like' and is used for things that look like spiders or their webs.