meningocele

Noun

Meaning

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)

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Synonyms

encephalopathy encephalitis encephalocele anencephaly cerebral palsy neural tube abnormalities acrania agenesis of the corpus callosum Craniosynostosis holoprosencephaly Chiari malformation iniencephaly arachnoid cyst craniorachischisis myelocele

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Hypernyms

birth defect congenital disorder congenital abnormality congenital anomaly congenital defect

Close letter words and terms

meningitis W meningo- meningo-encephalitis meningocerebral meningococcaemia meningococcaemic