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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
2. 2
   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) wordnet

Etymology

From meningo- + -cele.

Related phrases

meningocele manquémeningeal sacspina bifida

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