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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)
Answer for the clue "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) ", 11 letters:
meningocele
Word definitions for meningocele in dictionaries
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Word definitions in WordNet
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)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) a form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull
Usage examples of meningocele.
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.