Medical term:
notencephalus
encephalocele
[en-sef´ah-lo-sēl″]hernial protrusion of brain substance and meninges through a congenital or traumatic opening of the skull.
occipital encephalocele an encephalocele in the occipital region, the most common kind seen in the Western Hemisphere.
A baby with a large occipital encephalocele. From Mueller and Young, 2001.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
notencephalus
(nō″tĕn-sĕf′ă-lŭs) [″ + enkephalos, brain]A deformed fetus with notencephalocele.
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