Ventriculoperitoneal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ventriculoperitoneal is an adjective meaning Relating to a ventricle and the peritoneum.
Meaning
Relating to a ventricle and the peritoneum.
Example Sentences
Clinical indications for blood and CSF collection included rule-out diagnoses (i.e., clinical assessment to eliminate from consideration the possible presence of a condition or disease including pseudo-tumor cerebri, meningitis, and subarachnoid hemorrhage), headaches, ventriculoperitoneal shunt taps, craniectomies, and blood/tissue diseases such as leukemia that required CSF access in diagnosis or treatment.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shunting, shunts, ventriculoperitioneal, ventriculolumbar, lumboperitoneal, intraperitoneal.
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