anencephalia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”) + -ia, from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

anencephalia f (genitive anencephaliae); first declension

1. The state of being without that which is within the head, absence of a brain; anencephaly.
   • 1829, University of Groningen, Annales Academiae groninganae, Commentatio de diverticulus intestinorum, page 69

     praeterea pluries ſimul obſervatum fuit cum anencephalia

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Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	anencephalia	anencephaliae
genitive	anencephaliae	anencephaliārum
dative	anencephaliae	anencephaliīs
accusative	anencephaliam	anencephaliās
ablative	anencephaliā	anencephaliīs
vocative	anencephalia	anencephaliae

Related terms

• cephalaea
• cephalaeōta
• cephalalgīa / cephalargīa
• cephalalgicus
• cephalicus
• cephalōtē

Descendants

• English: anencephaly