anencephalia

Latin edit

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

anencephalia f (genitive anencephaliae); first declension

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
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