Anencephaly
Medical term · A
A birth defect in which an infant is born without most of the brain or without the skull bones covering the brain.
Word parts
anencephaly = an- + encephal/o
- a-, an-Without, not, absence of.
- encephal/oBrain.
Medical term · A
A birth defect in which an infant is born without most of the brain or without the skull bones covering the brain.
anencephaly = an- + encephal/o