- derencephalocele
- In derencephaly, protrusion of the rudimentary brain through a defect in the upper cervical spinal canal. [G. dere, neck, + enkephalos, brain, + kele, hernia]
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der·en·ceph·a·lo·cele (der″en-sefґə-lo-sēl) [derencephalus + -cele1] the brain substance that protrudes through the defect in the cervical vertebrae in a derencephalus.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
