macroanatomical
adjEtymology From macro- + anatomical or macroanatomy + -ical.
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Relating to large-scale anatomical features
- Standard MRI provides macroanatomical information, which can appear quite similar radiographically between asymptomatic and symptomatic individuals including degree of spinal cord compression [14 –16 ], spinal canal diameter, and even presence of spinal cord signal change.2015 October 3, “Prediction of Neurological Impairment in Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy using a Combination of Diffusion MRI and Proton MR Spectroscopy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- Related terms
- macroanatomy
- Hypernyms
- anatomical
- Coordinate terms
- microanatomical