Anencephaly vs Microcephaly - What's the difference?
anencephaly | microcephaly |
A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
As nouns the difference between anencephaly and microcephaly
is that anencephaly is a lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon while microcephaly is a neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.anencephaly
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Alternative forms
* anencephaliaNoun
(anencephalies)Synonyms
* anencephalusSee also
* (wikipedia "anencephaly")References
* “anencephaly]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989