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schizencephalic

schizencephalic adjective: having the head split longitudinally (as a teratoid malformation).

Adjective

schizencephalic (not comparable)

  1. Having the head split longitudinally (as a teratoid malformation)

Origin of schizencephalic

From schiz- + encephalic.

Questions about schizencephalic

What does schizencephalic mean?
Schizencephalic means having the head split longitudinally (as a teratoid malformation).
What part of speech is schizencephalic?
Schizencephalic is an adjective.

Words near schizencephalic in the dictionary

  1. schizasterid
  2. schizasterids
  3. schizaxon
  4. schizaxons
  5. schized
  6. schizencephalic
  7. schizencephalies
  8. schizencephaly
  9. schizes
  10. schizidia
  11. schizidium

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