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acephaly

acephaly noun: the congenital lack of a head (especially in a parasitic twin).

Noun

acephaly (uncountable)

  1. The congenital lack of a head (especially in a parasitic twin)

acephaly meaning in Tamil and Kannada

acephaly in Tamil

தலையில்லாதது போன்ற உணர்வு

acephaly in Kannada

ತಲೆಗೊರೆಗ

Origin of acephaly

From a- + -cephaly.

Words that rhyme with acephaly

Questions about acephaly

What does acephaly mean?
Acephaly means the congenital lack of a head (especially in a parasitic twin).
What is acephaly in Tamil?
Acephaly in Tamil is தலையில்லாதது போன்ற உணர்வு. See Acephaly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acephaly?
Acephaly is a noun.

Words near acephaly in the dictionary

  1. acephalothoracia
  2. acephalous
  3. acephalously
  4. acephals
  5. acephalus
  6. acephaly
  7. acephate
  8. acephenanthrene
  9. acephobe
  10. acephobes
  11. acephobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acephaly (page history and authors); acephaly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acephaly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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