SPINA BIFIDA


Meaning of SPINA BIFIDA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌspī-nə-ˈbi-fə-də ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, literally, spine split in two

Date: 1720

: a congenital cleft of the spinal column with hernial protrusion of the meninges and sometimes the spinal cord

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