MENINGOCELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does meningocele mean? 

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

1. 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)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENINGOCELE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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