meningocele in English
noun
1
a protrusion of the meninges through a gap in the spine due to a congenital defect.
A precautionary magnetic resonance scan showed a meningocele , Arnold-Chiari malformation, gross hydrocephalus, and a normal fourth ventricle.
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1. 14 Orbital meningocele is a rare congenital anomaly with cystic herniation of meninges caused by a bony defect of the cranio-orbital bone.
2. Major Cystic masses include congenital benign cysts (ie, bronchogenic, esophageal duplication, neurenteric, pericardial, and thymic cysts), meningocele, mature Cystic teratoma, and lymphangioma.
3. Cra´nia) (L.) the large round superior part of the skull, enclosing the brain and made up of the cranial bones. Cranium bi´fidum incomplete formation of the skull, with defective formation of the brain and often an encephalocele or meningocele.