Medical term:
encephalocystocele
hydroencephalocele
[hi″dro-en-sef′ah-lo-sēl″]hernial protrusion through a cleft in the skull of brain tissue containing fluid; called also hydrocephalocele and hydrencephalocele.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
hy·dren·ceph·a·lo·cele
(hī'dren-sef'ă-lō-sēl),Protrusion, through a cleft in the cranium, of brain substance expanded into a sac that contains fluid.
Synonym(s): encephalocystocele, hydrocephalocele, hydroencephalocele
[hydr- + G. enkephalos, brain, + kēlē, tumor]
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