Term: syrinx (plural syringes)
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Coined: Spinal cord cavitation was first described by Esteine in 1546 and later in 1827 D’Angers was coined the term syringomyelia : syrinx (within in parenchyma of the spinal cord) + myelos (marrow)
Definition:
1. a syrinx is tube-shaped and fluid filled neuroglial cavity within the central nervous system (spinal cord or brain); a fistula.
2. the vocal organ of birds at the end of the trachea
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