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acephalostomia

acephalostomia noun: the congenital lack of most of the head (having only a mouth-like opening).

Noun

acephalostomia (uncountable)

  1. The congenital lack of most of the head (having only a mouth-like opening)

Origin of acephalostomia

From a- + cephalo- + stoma + -ia.

Questions about acephalostomia

What does acephalostomia mean?
Acephalostomia means the congenital lack of most of the head (having only a mouth-like opening).
What part of speech is acephalostomia?
Acephalostomia is a noun.

Words near acephalostomia in the dictionary

  1. acephalocystic
  2. acephalocysts
  3. acephalogasteria
  4. acephalopodia
  5. acephalorrhachia
  6. acephalostomia
  7. acephalothoracia
  8. acephalous
  9. acephalously
  10. acephals
  11. acephalus

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