What it means
A cystocele is the bladder bulging into the vagina, a rectocele is the rectum bulging into it, a hydrocele is fluid around a testis, and a myelomeningocele is the spinal cord and its covering bulging through the back, as in spina bifidaSPY-nuh BIF-ih-duhA birth defect in which the bones of the spine do not close completely around the spinal cord.spina spinebifida split in two (Latin)Full entry .
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spina bifida
A birth defect in which the bones of the spine do not close completely around the spinal cord.