spi‧na bif‧i‧da /ˌspaɪnə ˈbɪfədə/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Modern Latin;
Origin: 'spine split in two']
a serious condition in which a person’s
spine does not develop correctly before they are born, so that their
spinal cord is not protected
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