See Also: myelocele(medicine)
myelocele(dictionary)

myelocele (iou)



myelocele noun1. Also myelocoele. L19.
[from MYELO- + -CELE.]
Medicine. Spina bifida in which the spinal cord is exposed over part of its length, usu. without protrusion as a swelling; an area of neural tissue so exposed. Cf. MYELOMENINGOCELE.