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anencephaly Physiol.|ænɪnˈsɛfəlɪ|
Also (formerly) in mod.L. form anencephalia.
[ad. mod.L. anencephalia; cf. anencephalous a.]
The condition of being anencephalous.
1832tr. G. Breschet in Meckel's Man. Anatomy II. 495 The following terms have been proposed..anencephalia, absence of the encephalon. 1835–36Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 744/1 False acephalia and anencephalia. 1889in Cent. Dict. 1954New Biol. XVII. 115 Anencephaly is a fatal defect rather common in man, in which the skull and skin over the top and back of the head are missing and so is the major part of the brain. 1960New Scientist 4 Aug. 335/2 Among such [congenital] defects is anencephaly, the absence of a large part of the brain. |