English

Alternative forms

• anencephalia

Noun

anencephaly ‎(plural anencephalies)

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

Related terms

• anencephalic
• anencephaloid
• anencephalous

Synonyms

• anencephalus

Translations

See also

• anencephaly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “anencephaly” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]