See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
balsam(encyclopedia)
balsam(dictionary)
Balsam(medicine)
balsam(2)(dictionary)
balsam(1)(dictionary)
balsam of peru(medicine)
Tolu balsam(medicine)
Mecca balsam(medicine)
balsam of copaiba(medicine)

hydroencephalocele (medicine) and balsam (oh)


hydroencephalocele (medicine)


hydroencephalocele -->
hydrencephalocele
Protrusion, through a cleft in the skull, of brain substance expanded into a sac containing fluid.

Synonym: encephalocystocele, hydrocephalocele, hydroencephalocele.

Origin: hydr-+ G. Enkephalos, brain, + kele, tumour


balsam (oh)



[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Latin; Origin: balsamum, from Greek balsamon]
balm, or the tree that produces it