acardiacus acephalus

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin; see a-, cardiac, cephalic.

Noun[edit]

acardiacus acephalus (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) 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.