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ENCEPHALOCELE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Protrusion of brain tissue through a congenital fissure in the skull
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("encephalocele" is a kind of...):
birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)