anencephaly
[ an-en-sef-uh-lee ]
/ ˌæn ɛnˈsɛf ə li /
noun Medicine/Medical.
congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
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Nearby words
anemoscope, anemosis, anemotaxis, anemotropism, anencephalic, anencephaly, anenst, anent, anephric, anepigraphic, aner
Also an·en·ce·pha·lia [an-en-suh-feyl-yuh, an-en-] /ˌæn ɛn səˈfeɪl yə, ænˌɛn-/.
Related formsan·en·ce·phal·ic [an-en-suh-fal-ik, an-en-] /ˌæn ɛn səˈfæl ɪk, ænˌɛn-/, an·en·ceph·a·lous, adjective
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Examples from the Web for anencephalic
Her own child was anencephalic and acranial, with entire absence of vault of skull.
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British Dictionary definitions for anencephalic
anencephalic
/ (ˌænɛnsəˈfælɪk) /
adjective
born with no or only a partial brain
Derived Formsanencephaly (ˌænɛnˈsɛfəlɪ), noun
Word Origin for anencephalic
an- + encephalic
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Word Origin and History for anencephalic
anencephalic
"having no brain" (biology), 1839, from Greek anenkephalos, from privative prefix an- (see an- (1)) + enkephalos "brain" (see encephalitis) + -ic.
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Medicine definitions for anencephalic
anencephaly
[ ăn′ən-sĕf′ə-lē ]
n.
Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.
Related formsan′en•ce•phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk) null adj.
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