Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A moderately severe form of spina bifida in which the meninges protrude, causing a bulge under the skin.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, hernia of the meninges or cranial membranes; cerebral hernia confined to the membranes.
Wiktionary
- n. a form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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)
Examples
“Spina bifida (also called meningocele or myelomeningocele) is a defect that comes from a problem in the very early development of the unborn child.”
“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).”
“Larkin and Jones 6.212 mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months.”
“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.”
“Larkin and Jones mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months.”
“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.”
“_ -- 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.
“A meningocele, as it contains no nerve elements, may be translucent.”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
“It is, however, often difficult to distinguish between a meningocele and meningo-myelocele.”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
“As it frequently lies in a gap in the skull, it may be connected by a pedicle with the dura mater, and is liable to be mistaken for a meningocele.”
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
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-cele, -coele, coel-, celo-
swelling; hernia; abdomen; celom
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