Congenital Abnormality
exencephaly
exencepha·ly
Definitions related to exencephaly:
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A congenital abnormality characterized by the extrusion of the brain outside of the skull.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A malformation of the neural tube with a large amount of protruding brain tissue and absence of calvarium.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Brain protrudes outside the skull due to absence of all or part of the cranial vault. (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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