porencephalia


porencephaly

 [por″en-sef´ah-le] development or presence of abnormal cysts or cavities in the brain tissue, usually communicating with a lateral ventricle; they may or may not cause symptoms. adj., adj porencephal´ic, porenceph´alous.

por·en·ceph·a·ly

(pōr'en-sef'ă-lē), The occurrence of cavities in the brain substance, communicating usually with the lateral ventricles. Synonym(s): porencephalia, spelencephaly [G. poros, pore, + enkephalos, brain]

por·en·ceph·a·ly

(pōr'en-sef'ă-lē) The occurrence of cavities in the brain substance, communicating usually with the lateral ventricles.
Synonym(s): porencephalia. [G. poros, pore, + enkephalos, brain]