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Bifida

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spinanoun(anatomy) A spine; the backbone.
riftnoun(figurative) A lack of cohesion; a state of conflict, incompatibility, or emotional distance.
splittingnounAn instance where something splits.
cracknoun(intransitive) To form cracks.
spina bifidanoun(pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders.
meningocelenoun(pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
rhachischisisnounDefective formation of the spinal canal.
meningomyelocelenoun(medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
spondylodesisnounsurgical fusion of parts of the spine
acephalorrhachianounThe congenital lack of a head and spine
craniorachischisisnoun(pathology) A lethal defect of the neural tube in which both the brain and spinal cord are left open.
vesicocelenouncystocele.
cheiloschisisnouncleft lip
annulus fibrosusnounannulus fibrosus disci intervertebralis
palatoschisisnouncleft palate
lumbarizationnounA spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.
diplomyelianounA true duplication of the spinal cord in which there are two dural sacs with two pairs of anterior and posterior nerve roots.
arnold-chiari malformationnoun(teratology) Chiari malformation
turricephalyoxycephaly
aspidospondylynoun(zoology) The condition of having the centra of the vertebra arranged in separate ossifications.

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