ANENCEPHALIC


Meaning of ANENCEPHALIC in English

[ 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 .

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