Chiari malformation

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Named after Austrian pathologist Hans Chiari.

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Chiari malformation (countable and uncountable, plural Chiari malformations)

  1. (teratology) A malformation of the brain, consisting of a downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum, sometimes causing hydrocephalus.

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