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inio-
  (ˈɪnɪəʊ)
  also before a vowel ini-,
  combining form of Gr. ἰνίον occipital bone, occiput, and of inion¹, used in a few medical terms, as ˌinienˈcephalus [Gr. ἐγκέϕαλος brain] = next; also, a monster exhibiting iniencephaly; ˌinienˈcephaly, an abnormality in which part of the brain protrudes through an opening in the occiput and which is generally accompanied by spina bifida and retroflexion of the spine; so ˌinienceˈphalic a.; ˌinio-glaˈbellar a., extending from the inion to the glabella.

1893 Trans. Edin. Obstetr. Soc. XVIII. 227 A sagittal section of an iniencephalic female fœtus. 1958 R. A. Willis Borderland Embryol. & Path. iv. 158 (caption) Paramedian section of the 2-cm. iniencephalic embryo described in the text.

[1836 I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Hist. Gén. et Particulière des Anomalies II. 308 (heading) Iniencéphale, Iniencephalus.] 1857 Dunglison Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) 499/2 Iniencephalus, a monster whose encephalon is in great part in the cranium, and in part out of it, behind, and a little beneath the cranium, which is open in its occipital portion. 1905 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. VIII. 236 (heading) Iniencephalus. 1925 Surg., Gynecol. & Obstetr. XLI. 182/2 My own specimen is a large full term female fetus, apparently perfectly developed in every way with the exception of the craniovertebral axis, which shows the characteristic features of iniencephalus. 1951 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. LVIII. 463/2 Iniencephalus is a rare condition.

[1836 I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire Hist. Gén. et Particulière des Anomalies II. 311 Les trois observations d'iniencéphalie que possède la science suffisent en effet pour fournir les élémens d'une caractéristique exacte.] 1902 Encycl. Medica XII. 139 This retroflexion of the foetus is often combined with defective development of the lower part of the occipital bone, when the name iniencephaly is sometimes given to it. 1968 H. Kalter Teratology Cent. Nervous Syst. vi. 165 Animals with craniorachischisis sometimes also had iniencephaly.

1803 J. Barclay New Anat. Nomencl. 146 If lines be drawn between every two of the different aspects, they will constitute the four following diameters: The Dextro-sinistral, the Corono-basilar, the Inio-glabellar, and the Inantinial. 1903 Science 30 Oct. 554/2 An inio-glabellar line can be drawn which will correspond very closely to the lower boundary of the cerebrum.