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单词 anencephalic
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Definition of anencephalic in English:

anencephalic

adjectiveˌanɛnkɛˈfalɪkˌanɛnsɪˈfalɪkˌanensəˈfalik
Medicine
  • Having the cerebral hemispheres and a large part of the skull congenitally absent; exhibiting anencephaly.

    无脑的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reminds me that, already, few doctors struggle to save anencephalic babies (those born with only a brain stem and no upper brain) or those with spina bifida.
    • Brazil expanded its abortion law July 1, allowing the abortion of anencephalic children - children with no brain.
    • It can uncover 90 percent of anencephalic pregnancies and 80 percent of spina bifida cases.
    • In a Finnish study, mothers of anencephalic children were more likely than matched control patients to remember having a cold in the first trimester of pregnancy.
    • From 1989 to 1991, the rate of such defects for Brownsville was 10 times the U.S. average, or about 30 anencephalic births per 10,000 births.
nounˌanɛnkɛˈfalɪkˌanɛnsɪˈfalɪkˌanensəˈfalik
Medicine
  • An anencephalic fetus or infant.

    无脑儿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An individual who is in a ‘persistent vegetative state,’ an irreversible deep coma, fits this description, as do infants born with no cerebral cortex (anencephalics).
    • The excess was most pronounced for the subgroup of anencephalics, in which prevalence increased 5-fold.

Derivatives

  • anencephaly

  • nounˌanɛnˈkɛfəliˌanɛnˈsɛfəliˌænˌɛnˈsɛfəli
    mass nounMedicine
    • A severe congenital condition in which a large part of the skull is absent along with the cerebral hemispheres of the brain.

      Rarely, postterm pregnancy may be associated with placental sulfatase deficiency or fetal anencephaly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A detailed analysis revealed no indication of a systematic increase in the prevalence of Down's syndrome, anencephaly, or spina bifida.
      • In anencephaly, a fatal neural tube defect, the brain and skull are grossly underdeveloped.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek anenkephalos 'without brain' + -ic.

Definition of anencephalic in US English:

anencephalic

adjectiveˌanensəˈfalik
Medicine
  • Having the cerebral hemispheres and a large part of the skull congenitally absent; exhibiting anencephaly.

    无脑的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He reminds me that, already, few doctors struggle to save anencephalic babies (those born with only a brain stem and no upper brain) or those with spina bifida.
    • It can uncover 90 percent of anencephalic pregnancies and 80 percent of spina bifida cases.
    • In a Finnish study, mothers of anencephalic children were more likely than matched control patients to remember having a cold in the first trimester of pregnancy.
    • From 1989 to 1991, the rate of such defects for Brownsville was 10 times the U.S. average, or about 30 anencephalic births per 10,000 births.
    • Brazil expanded its abortion law July 1, allowing the abortion of anencephalic children - children with no brain.
nounˌanensəˈfalik
Medicine
  • An anencephalic fetus or infant.

    无脑儿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An individual who is in a ‘persistent vegetative state,’ an irreversible deep coma, fits this description, as do infants born with no cerebral cortex (anencephalics).
    • The excess was most pronounced for the subgroup of anencephalics, in which prevalence increased 5-fold.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Greek anenkephalos ‘without brain’ + -ic.

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