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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

schistorrhachis n 1: 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 [syn: spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis]