Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cephalocele in which the sac contains serous liquid and brain-substance.
- noun A monster having this deformity.
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They are known as (1) _meningocele_, which consists of a protrusion of a cul-de-sac of the arachno-pial membrane, containing cerebro-spinal fluid; (2) _encephalocele_, in which a portion of the brain is protruded in addition to the membranes; and (3) _hydrencephalocele_, in which the protruded portion of brain includes a part of one of the ventricles.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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The _hydrencephalocele_ is usually met with in the occipital region, and is generally so large and associated with such great cerebral deformity as to be inconsistent with life.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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