pseudencéphale

French

Etymology

From pseud- +‎ encéphale.

Noun

pseudencéphale m (plural pseudencéphales)

1. (teratology) A severely deformed person whose encephalon is replaced by a vascular tumor.

Related terms

• encéphale

Further reading

• “pseudencéphale” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “pseud-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.