ARNOLD-CHIARI DEFORMITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arnold-Chiari deformity mean? 

• ARNOLD-CHIARI DEFORMITY (noun)
  The noun ARNOLD-CHIARI DEFORMITY has 1 sense:

1. deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull

  Familiarity information: ARNOLD-CHIARI DEFORMITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARNOLD-CHIARI DEFORMITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Arnold-Chiari deformity" is a kind of...):

deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)

 Context examples 

An abnormally shrill or screeching vocalization made by infants that could possibly indicate the presence of one of an array of medical conditions or congenital syndromes, including birth trauma, craniosynostosis, Arnold-Chiari deformity, meningitis, and cri-du-chat syndrome.

(High Pitched Cry, NCI Thesaurus)