anencephaly

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/ænɪnˈsɛfəlɪ/ English

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noun

A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.

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anencephalus anencephalia acephalism akinesis aplasia unbirth lissencephaly nonbirth embryolessness headlessness absence anaphia beaklessness nonenunciation anarthria amelus

Associated

spina cranial neural defects defect infants skull tube fatal brain tissue

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