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ANENCEPHALY

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

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

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

• ANENCEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

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

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

"Every path has its puddle."
(English proverb)
"Every rock strikes the feet of the poor."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"If you speak the word it shall own you, and if you don't you shall own it."
(Arabic proverb)
"God's mills mill slowly, but surely."
(Czech proverb)

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