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anencephalic

Syllabification: (an·en·ce·phal·ic)
Pronunciation: /ˌanensəˈfalik/
Medicine
Definition of anencephalic

adjective

  • having part or all of the cerebral hemispheres and the rear of the skull congenitally absent.

noun

  • an anencephalic fetus or infant.

Derivatives

anencephaly

Pronunciation: /-ˈsefəlē/
noun

Origin:

mid 19th century: from Greek anenkephalos 'without brain' + -ic

anencephalic in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of anencephalic in the British & World English dictionary

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