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encephalocele Med.|ɛnˈsɛfələʊˌsiːl| [f. Gr. ἐγκέϕαλο-ς the brain + κήλη tumour.] ‘Protrusion of a portion of the brain through a preternatural opening in the skull’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 744/1 That malformation termed encephalocele. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 239 In the true encephalocele, the brain itself is pressed out of the skull into the external tumour. |