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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνεγκέφαλος (anenképhalos, “brainless”) (from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”)) + -ous.
Adjective
anencephalous (not comparable)
- (biology, archaic) Without a brain.
1857, Robert Bentley Todd, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:Similar loops were observed by the same anatomist in the cranial nerves of an anencephalous fœtus which had been preserved in spirits
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