单词 | myelomeningocele |
释义 | myelomeningocele Path.|ˌmaɪələʊmiːˈnɪŋgəʊsiːl| Also (erron.) -cœle. [f. myelo- + meningocele s.v. meningo-.] Spina bifida in which tissue of the spinal cord and its investing membranes (the meninges) protrudes through the cleft, forming a rounded swelling of the skin usu. slightly above the base of the spine; the tissue so protruding. Also called meningomyelocele; cf. myelocele.
1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 471/2 In myelomeningocele the external wall of the sac consists not of dura mater but of pia mater turned inside out. 1924,1952[see myelocele 1]. 1963Cecil-Loeb Textbk. Med. (ed. 11) 1581/1 Myelocele involves a lesser defect of the meninges [than meningocele] with exposure of the spinal cord, but without cystic protrusion. Myelomeningocele is characterized by an incorporation of the spinal nerve roots and cord in the sac of a meningocele. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xxxvi. 9/2 There may be a developmental failure of the spinal cord and then the flat neural plate with its exposed central canal is liable to be involved with the sac and form a myelomeningocoele. |

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