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noun
A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
History
From meningo- + -cele.
Across languages
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