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Definition of Acephaly

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

Definition of Acephaly

1. Noun. The congenital lack of a head (especially in a parasitic twin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Acephaly

1. Congenital absence of the head. Synonym: acephalia, acephalism. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Acephaly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"museums, impress one with the large number of anomalies that appear in the worst types of monstrosity, such as acephaly, ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1892)
"... he classifies developmental defects and diseases into—first, those of the formative and embryonic stage—acephaly and hare-lip, for example ; secondly, ..."

3. Publication of the American Sociological Society by American Sociological Association (1922)
"... acephaly and the cyclopean eye, nervous lesions, digestive and nutritional derangements of early infancy and childhood, glandular derangements, ..."

4. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1892)
"Formative and embryonic stage: acephaly, harelip, cleft palate, deformed palate, spina bifida, talipes, ..."

5. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"... membranes, bones, and scalp are destroyed by absorption, and the base of the skull alone remains, forming the acephaly." In another place (p. ..."

6. Text-book of nervous diseases: Being a Compendium for the Use of Students by Charles Loomis Dana (1894)
"... nervous defects and disorders more especially associated with early developmental influences are these (Clouston): 1. Of the embryonic stage: acephaly, ..."

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