pacchionian granulation

noun

pac·​chi·​o·​ni·​an granulation

¦pakē¦ōnēən-

variants or pacchionian body or less commonly pacchionian corpuscle

anatomy

: arachnoid granulation

Word History

Etymology

Antonio Pacchioni †1726 Italian anatomist + English -an

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