ACEPHALISM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters)

Synonyms:

acephalia; acephalism; acephaly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("acephalism" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Holonyms ("acephalism" is a part of...):

monster; teras ((medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus)

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