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iniencephalus (iou)



iniencephalus noun. M19.
[from INION + Greek egkephalos brain.]
Medicine. (A deformed foetus exhibiting) iniencephaly.
inience'phalic adjective L19.
iniencephaly noun a developmental abnormality of the skull and upper spine, in which the brain and spinal cord protrude through an opening in the occiput and upper spinal canal E20.