Definition of "anencephaly" []

• Congenital absence of most of the brain and spinal cord. (noun)

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• "He was born with a birth defect called anencephaly."
• "Something known as anencephaly is something where the brain just simply never develops."
• "When you have organ failure or lack of organ development that is so catastrophic that the child could not be born and live a normal life or live at all, something known as anencephaly, is something where the brain just simply never develops."