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parencephalocele

parencephalocele noun: the protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.

Noun

parencephalocele (uncountable)

  1. The protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.

Origin of parencephalocele

From para- + encephalocele.

Questions about parencephalocele

What does parencephalocele mean?
Parencephalocele means the protrusion of the cerebellum through a defect in the cranium.
What part of speech is parencephalocele?
Parencephalocele is a noun.

Words near parencephalocele in the dictionary

  1. paremiology
  2. paremptosis
  3. paren
  4. parencephala
  5. parencephalitis
  6. parencephalocele
  7. parencephalon
  8. parenchym
  9. parenchyma
  10. parenchymal
  11. parenchymally

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