"rachischisis" in the noun sense
1. spina bifida, rachischisis, schistorrhachis
a not uncommon congenital defect in which a vertebra is malformed unless several vertebrae are affected or there is myelomeningocele there are few symptoms can be diagnosed by amniocentesis
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