(medicine) An asymptomatic congenital anomaly consisting of incomplete fusion of the posterior arch of the vertebral canal without hernial protrusion of the meninges.
spina bifida occulta
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Spina bifida with no protrusion of the meninges or spinal cord. Also called cryptomerorrhachischis.
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