myelocystocele /my·elo·cys·to·cele/ (mi″ĕ-lo-sis´to-sēl) myelomeningocele.
myelocystocele
myelomeningocele [mi″ĕ-lo-mĕ-ning´go-sēl]
my·e·lo·cys·to·cele (m   -l -s s t-s l)n. Spina bifida containing spinal cord substance. |
myelocystocele
[mī′əlōsis′təsēl′]
Etymology: Gk, myelos + kystis + kele, hernia
See myelomeningocele.
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.
myelocystocele
hernial protrusion of spinal cord through a defect in the vertebral column.
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