anencephalous

1. 1.

   characterized by partial or total absence of a brain

   Synonymsanencephalic

Questions about anencephalous

What does anencephalous mean?

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

How many syllables are in anencephalous?

anencephalous has 5 syllables: a-nen-ce-pha-lous. The stress falls on "ce".

What is another word for anencephalous?

Close synonyms include anencephalic. 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 anencephalous a common word?

anencephalous 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.