| acephalogasteria | Congenital absence of head, thorax, and abdomen in a parasitic twin with pelvis and legs only. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| acephalopodia | Congenital absence of head and feet. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head, + pous, foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalorrhachia | Congenital absence of head and vertebral column. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head, + rhachis, spine (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalostomia | Congenital absence of the greater part of the head with, however, the presence of a mouthlike opening. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head, + stoma, mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalothoracia | Congenital absence of head and thorax. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head, + thorax, chest (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalous | 1. Headless. 2. <marine biology> Without a distinct head; a term applied to bivalve mollusks. 3. <botany> Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. 4. Without a leader or chief. 5. Wanting the beginning. "A false or acephalous structure of sentence." (De Quincey) 6. Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. See: Acephal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acephalus | A headless foetus. Synonym: acephalous. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus acormus | Condition in which a head without a body is attached to the placenta by an umbilical cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus dibrachius | A foetus lacking a head but having two recognizably developed upper limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus dipus | A foetus lacking a head but showing two recognizably developed lower limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus monobrachius | A foetus lacking a head and showing only one recognizable upper limb. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus monopus | A foetus lacking a head and with fusion of the lower extremities so extreme that only a single foot is recognizable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus paracephalus | A malformed foetus with only partially developed skull and little or no brain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephalus sympus | An acephalus showing fusion of all of the lower limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acephaly | Congenital absence of the head. Synonym: acephalia, acephalism. Origin: G. A-priv. + kephale, head (05 Mar 2000) |