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ACEPHALIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)
Synonyms:
acephalia; acephalism; acephaly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("acephalia" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Holonyms ("acephalia" is a part of...):
monster; teras ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)