anencephalia
ɛnˈsɛf noun Medicine/Medical.
congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
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anencephalic (ˌænɛnsəˈfælɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| born with no or only a partial brain | |
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| anencephaly | |
| —n | |
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anencephaly an·en·ceph·a·ly (ān'ən-sěf'ə-lē)
n.
Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord.
an'en·ce·phal'ic (-sə-fāl'ĭk) or an'en·ceph'a·lous (-sěf'ə-ləs) adj.
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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