Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A moderately severe form of spina bifida in which the meninges protrude, causing a bulge under the skin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, hernia of the meninges or cranial membranes; cerebral hernia confined to the membranes.
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- noun pathology a form of
spina bifida in which a meningeal sac ofcerebrospinal fluid protrudes through theskull
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- noun 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)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Spina bifida (also called meningocele or myelomeningocele) is a defect that comes from a problem in the very early development of the unborn child.
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gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele (Fig. 96).
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The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible.
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Larkin and Jones mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months.
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Occasionally a deficiency in the osseous material of the cranium or an abnormal dilatation of the fontanelles gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele.
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Larkin and Jones 6.212 mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months.
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The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible.
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_ -- The _meningocele_ is commonest in the occipital region, where it escapes through a cleft in the bone between the foramen magnum and the occipital protuberance (Fig. 197).
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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A meningocele, as it contains no nerve elements, may be translucent.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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It is, however, often difficult to distinguish between a meningocele and meningo-myelocele.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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