ANENCEPHALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anencephalia mean? 

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

1. a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANENCEPHALIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

anencephalia; anencephaly

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

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)