anencephalic

1. 1.

   characterized by partial or total absence of a brain

   Synonymsanencephalous

Questions about anencephalic

What does anencephalic mean?

anencephalic means "characterized by partial or total absence of a brain".

How many syllables are in anencephalic?

anencephalic has 5 syllables: a-nen-ce-phal-ic. The stress falls on "phal". In IPA it is /æˌnɛnsəˈfælɪk/.

What is another word for anencephalic?

Close synonyms include anencephalous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anencephalic a common word?

anencephalic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with anencephalic?