脊せき椎つい破は壊かい

noun

spina bifida

Medical term for a congenital defect where the spinal column does not close completely. The Japanese term 脊椎破壊 literally means 'vertebral destruction', but it is used as a translation for spina bifida in medical contexts.

• 脊せき椎つい破は壊かいは、胎たい児じの脊せき椎ついが正せい常じょうに形けい成せいされない先せん天てん性せいの疾しっ患かんです。

  Spina bifida is a congenital condition in which the fetal spine does not form properly.