cephalomedullary

English

Etymology

From cephalo- +‎ medullary.

Adjective

cephalomedullary (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the brain and the medulla oblongata
   • 2015 August 3, Junyi Wu et al., “Systematic Review of Adverse Effects: A Further Step towards Modernization of Acupuncture in China”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     While being widely used in current medical treatment, especially in the area of intertrochanteric hip fractures, the cephalomedullary devices (CMN), however, led to a considerably high complication rate of 41.9% according to Pui et al.