[ ˌanɛnsɪ'falɪk , -kɛ'falɪk ]
■ adjective Medicine having part or all of the cerebral hemispheres and the rear of the skull congenitally absent.
Derivatives
anencephaly noun
Origin
C19: from Gk anenkephalos 'without brain' + -ic .
[ ˌanɛnsɪ'falɪk , -kɛ'falɪk ]
■ adjective Medicine having part or all of the cerebral hemispheres and the rear of the skull congenitally absent.
Derivatives
anencephaly noun
Origin
C19: from Gk anenkephalos 'without brain' + -ic .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004