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spina bifida
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spina bifida has 1 sense
- spina bifida(n = noun.state) rachischisis, schistorrhachis - a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed; unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms; can be diagnosed by amniocentesis; Array is a kind of birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder
CIDE DICTIONARY
spina bifida, [L., cleft spine.].
A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spina bifida, n. a congenital defect of the spine, in which part of the spinal cord and its meninges are exposed through a gap in the backbone.
Etymology
mod.L (as SPINE, BIFID)
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