Anencephalic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anencephalic \An*en`ce*phal"ic\, Anencephalous
  \An`en*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. ?, priv. + ? the brain: cf.
     {Encephalon}.] (Zool.)
     Without a brain; brainless. --Todd & B.
     [1913 Webster] Anenst



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anencephalic
       adj : characterized by partial or total absence of a brain [syn: {anencephalous}]