anencephalous

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀνεγκέφαλος (anenképhalos, brainless) (from ἀν- (an-, not) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, brain)) + -ous.

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anencephalous (not comparable)

  1. (biology, archaic) Without a brain.
    • 1857, Robert Bentley Todd, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:
      Similar loops were observed by the same anatomist in the cranial nerves of an anencephalous fœtus which had been preserved in spirits

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