ENCEPHALOCELE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("encephalocele" is a kind of...):

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)

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