Hydromyelia is a medical condition that involves widening of the intraspinal cavity or is a marked dilatation of the central spinal canal. The central canal of the spinal column is the main area of affectation that results to increased pressure due to fluid accumulation.
dangling participle - a participle (usually at the beginning of a sentence) apparently modifying a word other than the word intended: e.g., `flying across the country' in `flying across the country the Rockies came into view'.
Related to dangling: dangling modifier, dangling participle, Dangling pointer, Dangling bonds. A popular term for the first movement a patient is allowed, either after surgery under general anesthesia, or âunder localâ, in which the recuperee allows the feet to dangle over the side of the bed.