Synonym for hydrencephalocele ... Protrusion, through a cleft in the skull, of brain substance expanded into a sac containing fluid. ... Synonym: encephalocystocele, hydrocephalocele, hydroencephalocele. ... Origin: hydr-+ G. Enkephalos, brain, + kele, tumour ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(en-sef″ә-lo-sis´to-sēl) hydroencephalocele.
Type: Term Pronunciation: en-sef′ă-lō-sis′tō-sēl Synonyms: hydrencephalocele