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encephalocele

neural tube defect in which the brain protrudes out of the skull
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q1346023
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Summary

encephalocele is a class of disease[1]. encephalocele ranks in the top 3% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (851 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: brain herniation[3], cephalocele[4], developmental defect during embryogenesis[5]
  • Commons category: Encephaloceles[6]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[8]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C84687[9]
  • Health specialty: medical genetics[10]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002084[11], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0002085[12], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_199647[13]

Why It Matters

encephalocele has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] encephalocele is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · فيصل · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ka', 'pl', 'p
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → brain herniation, cephalocele, developmental defect during embryogenesis
    Instance of → class of disease
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39742|batch #39742]]: subclass of disease, not instance"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → medical genetics
    Instance of → class of disease
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007543345705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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