Local English word record

schistorrhachis

noun · 1 sense

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

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Synonyms

spina bifida, rachischisis

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