acrania

acrania
Complete or partial absence of a skull; associated with anencephaly. [G. a- priv. + kranion, skull]

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Acrania n pl in some classifications a division of the phylum or subkingdom Chordata comprising the hemichordates, tunicates, and lancelets and including all the chordates without true heads and anterior brains compare VERTEBRATA

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n.
congenital absence of the skull, either partial or complete, due to a developmental defect.

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acra·nia (ə-kraґne-ə) [a-1 + crani- + -ia] a developmental anomaly characterized by partial or complete absence of the cranium.

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  • Acrania — Acranĭa (lat.), Schädellose, s. Röhrenherzen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Acrania —   Plural, Unterstamm der Chordatiere, Schädellose.   …   Universal-Lexikon

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