Acephalia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A birth defect in which the head is absent uncountable
  2. 2
    absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) wordnet

Synonyms

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acephalyacephalismacephalyacraniaacrania

Etymology

From a- + -cephalia.

Related phrases

birth defect

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