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Meningo comes from the root meninges, meaning "brain lining"
Myel comes from the Greek root myelos, meaning the marrow/brain/spinal cord
Cele comes from the Greek word kēlē, meaning tumor or hernia.
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meningomyelocele (uncountable)
- (medicine) A congenital defect of the central nervous system of infants in which membranes and the spinal cord protrude through an opening or defect in the vertebral column.
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