Definition of Spina bifida
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Definition of Spina bifida
1. Noun. (pathology) A birth defect resulting in a cleft in the spinal column through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. It is characterised by hydrocephalus and other neurological disorders. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Spina bifida
1. A congenital limited defect in the spinal column, characterised by the absence of the vertebral arches through which the spinal membranes and spinal cord may protrude. (27 Sep 1997)
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Literary usage of Spina bifida
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1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"... the Spine (a) spina bifida and Other Congenital Anomalies In the new-born,
sessile masses in the middle line are usually associated with spina bifida, ..."
2. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra, Luther Emmett Holt (1912)
"Paralytic symptoms are most marked in this form of spina bifida. ... The frequent
association of meningocele with other forms of spina bifida and, ..."
3. On Rest and Pain: A Course of Lectures on the Influence of Mechanical and by John Hilton, W. H. A. Jacobson (1879)
"This will enable me to express the fact that the fluid contained in the interior
of the cavity of a spina bifida is cerebro-spinal fluid. ..."
4. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen (1885)
"spina bifida. IT occasionally happens that, from congenital malformation ...
The tumor in spina bifida is usually oval, its long are corresponding with that ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1836)
"By CHARLES SKINNER, MD Although the following case of spina-bifida terminated
differently from what it was at one time hoped and believed it would, ..."
6. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1903)
"spina bifida. spina bifida is an embryological defect due to the failure of the
neural ... This may be indicated by a depression, spina bifida occulta, ..."
7. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"spina bifida may bo met with in any part of the vertebral column ; it is, ...
The prognosis of spina bifida will depend upon the size of the tumour and on ..."
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