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ANENCEPHALY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anencephaly" is a kind of...):
birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)
Derivation:
anencephalic; anencephalous (characterized by partial or total absence of a brain)
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