ACEPHALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acephalism mean? 

• ACEPHALISM (noun)
  The noun ACEPHALISM has 1 sense:

1. absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)

  Familiarity information: ACEPHALISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACEPHALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

acephalia; acephalism; acephaly

Hypernyms ("acephalism" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Holonyms ("acephalism" is a part of...):

monster; teras ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)