anencephaly

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Internationalism. Learned borrowing from New Latin anencephalia. By surface analysis, an- +‎ encephaly.

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anencephaly (plural anencephalies)

  1. (neurology, teratology) A lethal birth defect involving the abscence of a major portion of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.
    Synonym: anencephalus

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