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cranioschisis

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cranioschisis /cra·ni·os·chi·sis/ (kra″ne-os´kĭ-sis) cranium bifidum.
cra·ni·os·chi·sis (krn-sk-ss)
n.
Congenital failure of the skull to close, usually accompanied by defective development of the brain.
cranioschisis
congenital fissure of the cranium due to sagittal failure of fusion of the cranial bones; see also inherited cranium bifidum.


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99-106) reported on the finding that a seven-week-old aborted embryo presented infoldings of the hemispheric neuroepithelium, cranioschisis, exencephaly and excessive vascularity with endothelial proliferation --in short, severe malformation of the brain.
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