anencephalous
adjEtymology From Ancient Greek ἀνεγκέφαλος (anenképhalos, “brainless”), from ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “brain”).
- Similar loops were observed by the same anatomist in the cranial nerves of an anencephalous fœtus which had been preserved in spirits1857, Robert Bentley Todd, The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man:
- Synonyms
- anencephalic