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Noun: anencephalia  `a-nun-su'feyl-yu
  1. A defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
    - anencephaly

Derived forms: anencephalias

Type of: birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder