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hydrencephalocele

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Pronunciation: hī′dren-sef′ă-lō-sēl
Protrusion, through a cleft in the cranium, of brain substance expanded into a sac that contains fluid.

Synonym(s): encephalocystocele, hydrocephalocele, hydroencephalocele

[hydr- + G. enkephalos, brain, + kēlē, tumor]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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