- acephalic
- ace·phal·ic
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acephalic
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acephalic — adjective Without a head. Syn: acephalous, headless … Wiktionary
acephalic — |āsə̇|falik adjective Etymology: a (II) + cephalic : acephalous … Useful english dictionary
Acephaly (medicine) — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD10|Q|00|0|q|00 ICD9 = ICDO = Caption = OMIM = OMIM mult = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = DiseasesDB = Acephaly is a type of cephalic disorder. It literally means absence of the… … Wikipedia
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acephalous — adj. [Gr. a, without; kephale, head] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) Pertains to the absence of any structure comparable to a head, as in certain dipteran larvae; acephalic; see eucephalous, hemicephalous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
acephalous — /ay sef euh leuhs/, adj. 1. Also, acephalic /ay seuh fal ik/. Zool. headless; lacking a distinct head. 2. without a leader or ruler. [1725 35; < Gk aképhalos; see A 6, CEPHALOUS] * * * … Universalium
acephalia — noun A birth defect in which the head is absent Syn: acephaly, acrania See Also: acephalic … Wiktionary
sequence — The succession, or following, of one thing or event after another. [L. sequor, to follow] Alu sequences in the human genome a repeated, relatively conserved s. of about 300 bp that often contains a cleavage site for the restriction enzyme AluI… … Medical dictionary
Diptera — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
