n. the formation of depressed scars, as occurs on the skin following acne or (formerly) smallpox. Pitting oedema is swelling of the tissues due to excess fluid in which fingertip pressure leaves temporary indentations in the skin.
one of the thin-walled projections outwards of the arachnoid membrane into the blood-filled sinuses of the dura, acting as a one-way valve for the flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the subarachnoid space into the bloodstream. Large villi, known as arachnoid granulations (or Pacchionian bodies), are found in the region of the superior sagittal sinus. They may be so distended as to cause pitting of the adjacent bone.... arachnoid villus
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