1. a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
meningocele
n 1: a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which
a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges
contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)