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

1 sense of schistorrhachis

Sense 1
spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis -- (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)
       => birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality -- (a defect that is present at birth)