Anencephaly

Anencephaly

A rare birth defect in which the baby has a malformed skull and little or no brain.

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anencephaly

Biology; Neuroscience

A congenital defect of neural tube closure, in which much of the brain fails to develop.

anencephaly

Anthropology; Physical anthropology

The failure to develop a brain at the end of the spinal chord. This type of neural tube defect always causes the death of a fetus or newborn child.

anencephaly

Parenting; Pregnancy

A rare birth defect in which the baby has a malformed skull and little or no brain.

anencephaly

Medical; Health care; Medicine

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anencephaly

Health care; Diseases

A malformation of the nervous system caused by failure of the anterior neuropore to close. Infants are born with intact spinal cords, cerebellums, and brainstems, but lack ...

anencephaly

Health care; Medicine

Aprosencephaly CNS malformation involving failure of closure of the cephalic end of the neural tube, resulting in absence of the forebrain and cerebrum; rudimentary brainstem may ...

aorta

Parenting; Pregnancy

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Parenting; Pregnancy

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apnea

Parenting; Pregnancy

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areola

Parenting; Pregnancy

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