English Explanatory Dictionary

acardiacus acephalus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A deformed fetus having developed no heart, a stunted head, and a rudimentary thorax, but with a perfectly formed pelvis and contiguous parts, connected as a parasite to another fetus.

Word forms

acardiacus acephalus

Etymology

From Latin; see a-, cardiac, cephalic.

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