Medical Definition of Monro's doctrine

1. A doctrine that states that the cranial cavity is a closed rigid box and that therefore a change in the quantity of intracranial blood can occur only through the displacement of or replacement by cerebrospinal fluid. Synonym: Monro-Kellie doctrine. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monro's Doctrine

monovular twins
monoxenous
monoxide
monoxide
monoxides
monoxylon
monoxylous
monozoa
monozoic
monozygotic
monozygotic
monozygotic twin
monozygotic twins
monozygous twin
monozygous twins
Monro's doctrine
Monro's foramen
Monro's foramen
Monro's line
Monro's sulcus
Monro-Kellie doctrine
Monro-Richter line
Monroe
Monroe Doctrine
Monrovia
mons
mons
monseigneur
monsel's salt
monsel's solution

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