ENCEPHALOCELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does encephalocele mean? 

• ENCEPHALOCELE (noun)
  The noun ENCEPHALOCELE has 1 sense:

1. protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull

  Familiarity information: ENCEPHALOCELE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCEPHALOCELE (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)

 Context examples 

Examples of neural tube defects include encephalocele and spina bifida.

(Neural Tube Defect, NCI Thesaurus)