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Definition of Anencephalous
1. Adjective. Characterized by partial or total absence of a brain.
Partainyms: Anencephaly, Anencephaly
Derivative terms: Anencephaly, Anencephaly
Medical Definition of Anencephalous
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Anencephalous
Literary usage of Anencephalous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"NOTES ON THE ANATOMY OF AN anencephalous ... Viewed from the right side, the
specimen is that of an ordinary anencephalous foetus, but on the left side ..."
2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1885)
"Musculus Sternalis in anencephalous ... of Gill College, Montreal, on "Musculus
Sternalis in anencephalous Foetus." In six such specimens Professor Shepherd ..."
3. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1890)
"... concerned in the production of the hydrocephalus. FALLOPIAN TUBE AND OVARY
FROM A CASE OF TUBAL GESTATION. By WM. DUNCAN, MD anencephalous ..."
4. Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society by Edinburgh Obstetrical Society (1872)
"... case where the mother's ag-e- was between fifteen and sixteen, and she had
been skipping the rope just the day before. NOTES OF A CASE OF anencephalous ..."
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