Medical Term:

encephalocele

Pronunciation: en-sef′ă-lō-sēl′

Definition: A congenital gap in the cranium with herniation of brain substance.

Synonym(s): craniocele, cranium bifidum, bifid cranium

[encephalo- + G. kēlē, hernia]

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