notencephalus


encephalocele

 [en-sef´ah-lo-sēl″] hernial protrusion of brain substance and meninges through a congenital or traumatic opening of the skull.occipital encephalocele an encephalocele in the occipital region, the most common kind seen in the Western Hemisphere.A baby with a large occipital encephalocele. From Mueller and Young, 2001.

notencephalus

(nō″tĕn-sĕf′ă-lŭs) [″ + enkephalos, brain] A deformed fetus with notencephalocele.