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Definition of Anencephaly
1. Noun. A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres.
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Derivative terms: Anencephalic, Anencephalous
Definition of Anencephaly
1. Noun. A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anencephaly
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Medical Definition of Anencephaly
1. A congenital absence of the brain and cranial vault, with the cerebral hemispheres completely missing or greatly reduced in size. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anencephaly
Literary usage of Anencephaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of antenatal pathology and hygiene by John William Ballantyne (1904)
"anencephaly (Acrania). The nomenclature is somewhat complicated, for many more
... 46, anencephaly may be defined as that teratological state of the head in ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1835)
"The study of hydrocéphalie anencephaly exhibits the point to which the foetal
organization can support the loss of an important vital organ. ..."
3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"Among the embryos with changes in the brain that indicate the beginning of
anencephaly there are many varieties of deformed brains that are exposed more or ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1913)
"T\vo cases of anencephaly in fetuses four and five months old which show that
the condition may occur by adhesion of the superficial tissues of the cranium ..."
5. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1896)
"anencephaly is reported by several writers, including Verdelet, J»w Appert, ...
Ballantyne ,^ observed anencephaly together with retroflexion of the spine. ..."
6. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1883)
"By JF KNOTT, FRCS CASES of the form of monstrosity known as anencephaly have ...
anencephaly, if we consider man alone, commences not at the date of the ..."
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