anencephalia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- ‎(an-) + ἐγκέφαλος ‎(enképhalos, “within the head”) + -ia, from ἐν ‎(en, “in”) + κεφαλή ‎(kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

anencephalia f ‎(genitive anencephaliae); first declension

1. The state of being without that which is within the head, absence of a brain; anencephaly.
   • 1829, University of Groningen, Annales Academiae groninganae, Commentatio de diverticulus intestinorum, page 69

     praeterea pluries ſimul obſervatum fuit cum anencephalia

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	anencephalia	anencephaliae
genitive	anencephaliae	anencephaliārum
dative	anencephaliae	anencephaliīs
accusative	anencephaliam	anencephaliās
ablative	anencephaliā	anencephaliīs
vocative	anencephalia	anencephaliae

Related terms

• cephalaea
• cephalaeōta
• cephalalgīa / cephalargīa

• cephalalgicus
• cephalicus
• cephalōtē

Descendants

• English: anencephaly