anencephalia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) + ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”) + -ia, from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Noun

anencephalia f (genitive anencephaliae); first declension

  1. The state of being without that which is within the head, absence of a brain; anencephaly.
    • 1829, University of Groningen, Annales Academiae groninganae, Commentatio de diverticulus intestinorum, page 69
      praeterea pluries ſimul obſervatum fuit cum anencephalia
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative anencephalia anencephaliae
Genitive anencephaliae anencephaliārum
Dative anencephaliae anencephaliīs
Accusative anencephaliam anencephaliās
Ablative anencephaliā anencephaliīs
Vocative anencephalia anencephaliae

Descendants
  • English: anencephaly
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