acephalic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without a head.
  2. Characterized by a migraine aura without pain.
  3. Without a leader.
  4. Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
  5. Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript)

Word forms

acephalic

Etymology

From a- + cephalic.

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