See Also: ambient cistern(medicine)
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Ambient(health)
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cistern(dictionary)

altar (oh) and ambient cistern (medicine)


altar (oh)



[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: altare]
a holy table or surface used in religious ceremonies
::a crucifix above the high altar (=the main altar in a church)
::The victim was tied to a sacrificial altar.
the area furthest from the entrance of a church, where the priest or minister stands

ambient cistern (medicine)


ambient cistern -->
cistern of great cerebral vein
<anatomy, vein> An expansion of the subarachnoid space extending forward between the corpus callosum and the thalamus; it encloses the internal cerebral veins which caudally join to form the vena magna cerebri (Galen's vein).

Synonym: ambient cistern, Bichat's canal, Bichat's foramen, cistern of great vein of cerebrum, cisterna ambiens, cisterna superioris, cisterna venae magnae cerebri, superior cistern.