myelomeningocele
noun
myelomeningocele is a noun meaning “A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-Y-E-L-O-M-E-N-I-N-G-O-C-E-L-E, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of myelomeningocele is myelomeningoceles.
What does myelomeningocele mean?
noun
- 1
A form of spina bifida characterized by protrusion of the spinal meninges.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of myelomeningocele
- myelomeningoceles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is myelomeningocele?
Myelomeningocele appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does myelomeningocele come from?
From myelo- + meninges + -cele.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).