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meningoencephalocele

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
menin-goen-cephalo-cele
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protrusion of the meninges and the brain through a defect in the cranium.

Etymology

From meningo- + encephalo- + -cele.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

meningoencephaloceles (plural)

Questions

What does meningoencephalocele mean?
A protrusion of the meninges and the brain through a defect in the cranium.
Where does meningoencephalocele come from?
From meningo- + encephalo- + -cele.

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