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miasma(dictionary)
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Bergmann's fibres(medicine)
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miasma theory(medicine)
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Bergmann's cords (medicine)


Bergmann's cords -->
medullary striae of fourth ventricle
Slender fascicles of fibres extending transversally below the ependymal floor of the ventricle from the median sulcus to enter the inferior cerebellar peduncle. They arise from the arcuate nuclei on the ventral surface of the medullary pyramid.

Synonym: striae medullares ventriculi quarti, acoustic striae, auditory striae, Bergmann's cords, medullary teniae, teniae acusticae.


miasma (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Greek; Origin: 'making dirty']
dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad
::He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke.
::A foul miasma lay over the town.
an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place
miasma of
::The miasma of defeat hung over them.