myelocystomeningocele


myelomeningocele

 [mi″ĕ-lo-mĕ-ning´go-sēl] hernial protrusion of the spinal cord and its meninges through a defect in the vertebral arch (spina bifida); see also neural tube defect. Called also meningomyelocele.Child with a large thoraco-lumbar myelomeningocele consisting of protruding spinal cord covered by meninges. From Mueller and Young, 2001.

me·nin·go·my·e·lo·cele

(mĕ-ning'gō-mī'ĕ-lō-sēl'), Protrusion of the spinal cord and its membranes through a defect in the vertebral column. Synonym(s): myelocystomeningocele, myelomeningocele [meningo- + G. myelos, marrow, + kēlē, tumor]

me·nin·go·my·e·lo·cele

(mĕ-ning'gō-mī'ĕ-lō-sēl) Protrusion of the meninges and spinal cord through a defect in the vertebral column.
Synonym(s): myelocystomeningocele, myelomeningocele.
[meningo- + G. myelos, marrow, + kēlē, tumor]