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ACEPHALY

Dictionary entry overview: What does acephaly mean?

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

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

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

Dictionary entry details

• ACEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("acephaly" is a kind of...):

abnormal condition; abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal condition)

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

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

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