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meningoencephalocele
meningoencephalocele n. 
/mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈsɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl/, /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈkɛfələ(ʊ)siːl/, /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈkɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl/, /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛŋˈkɛfələ(ʊ)siːl/, /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛŋˈkɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl/, /məˌnɪŋɡoʊᵻnˈsɛfələˌsil/, /məˌnɪŋɡoʊɛnˈsɛfəloʊˌsil/, /məˌnɪŋɡoʊɛnˈsɛfələˌsil/ [ < meningo- comb. form + encephalocele n.] protrusion of the meninges and brain tissue through a defect in the skull; an instance of this.
Brit. /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈsɛfələ(ʊ)siːl/
, /mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈsɛfələ(ʊ)siːl//mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈsɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl//mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈkɛfələ(ʊ)siːl//mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛnˈkɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl//mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛŋˈkɛfələ(ʊ)siːl//mᵻˌnɪŋɡəʊɛŋˈkɛfl̩ə(ʊ)siːl/U.S. /məˌnɪŋɡoʊᵻnˈsɛfəloʊˌsil/
, /məˌnɪŋɡoʊᵻnˈsɛfəloʊˌsil//məˌnɪŋɡoʊᵻnˈsɛfələˌsil//məˌnɪŋɡoʊɛnˈsɛfəloʊˌsil//məˌnɪŋɡoʊɛnˈsɛfələˌsil/ΘΚΠ
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meningoencephalocele1891
cephalhydrocele1900
1891 F. P. Foster Illustr. Encycl. Med. Dict. III. 2277/1 Meningo-encephalocele, a tumour of the head analogous to hydromyelocele.
1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 June 1542/1 (heading) Case of meningo-encephalocele treated by excision of the mass.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xxxiii. 529 Clinically they [sc. dermoid cysts of the orbit] may be mistaken for meningo-encephaloceles, protrusions of the cerebral contents, which usually occur at the upper and inner angle where there are most sutures between bones.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 127 356 Magnetic resonance imaging showed a sphenopharyngeal meningoencephalocele.
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