nuchal
pronunciation
How to pronounce nuchal in British English:
UK ['nju:kəl]
How to pronounce nuchal in American English:
US ['nukəl]
Word Origin
- nuchal (adj.)
- "pertaining to the spinal cord," 1835, medical Latin, from nucha "spinal cord" (c. 1400), from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic nukha "spinal marrow."
Example
- 1. Nuchal translucency screening and anxiety levels in pregnancy and puerperium .
- 2. Relation between increased fetal nuchal translucency thickness and chromosomal defects .
- 3. Comparative analysis of the measurement outcome between invasive intra-arterial blood pressure of nuchal arteries andconventional cuff blood pressure .
- 4. Relationship between nuchal translucency thickness and prevalence of major cardiac defects in fetuses with normal karyotype .
- 5. Pregnancy outcomes with increased nuchal translucency after routine down syndrome screening .