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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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spina bifida \Spi"na bif"i*da\ (Med.) [L., cleft spine.] A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spina bifida 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]