acardiacus acephalus

English

Etymology

From Latin; see a-, cardiac, cephalic.

Noun

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.
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