Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun myelomeningocele

1 sense of myelomeningocele

Sense 1
myelomeningocele -- (a congenital defect of the central nervous system in which a sac containing part of the spinal cord and its meninges protrude through a gap in the vertebral column; frequently accompanied by hydrocephalus and mental retardation)
       => birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality -- (a defect that is present at birth)