encephalocele Med.
(ɛnˈsɛfələʊˌsiːl)
[f. Gr. ἐγκέϕαλο-ς the brain + κήλη tumour.]
‘Protrusion of a portion of the brain through a preternatural opening in the skull’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1835–6 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 744/1 That malformation termed encephalocele. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 239 In the true encephalocele, the brain itself is pressed out of the skull into the external tumour. |