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anencephalia

[an-en-sef-uh-lee]

an·en·ceph·a·ly

[an-en-sef-uh-lee]
noun Medicine/Medical.
congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
Also, an·en·ce·pha·lia [an-en-suh-feyl-yuh, an-en-] .


Origin:
1825–35; < Neo-Latin; see an-1, encephal-, -y3

an·en·ce·phal·ic [an-en-suh-fal-ik, an-en-] , an·en·ceph·a·lous, adjective
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anencephaly an·en·ceph·a·ly (an'en-sef'ā- lē)
n.
markedly defective development of the brain, together with absence of the bones of the cranial vault and the cerebral and cerebellar hemispheres, and with only a rudimentary brain stem and some traces of basal ganglia present

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