anencephaly

11 letters in word "anencephaly": A A C E E H L N N P Y.

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• Definitions:
• a condition that is present at birth and affects the formation of the brain and the skull bones that surround the head, resulting in only minimal ...
• A neural tube defect involving severe structural defects of the brain and skull. Fetuses with anencephaly do not survive.
• (an·en·ceph·a·ly) (an”?n-sef´?-le) [an- 1 + Gr. enkephalos brain] congenital absence of the calvaria, with cerebral hemispheres missing or reduced to small masses attached to the base of the skull; complete absence of the brain is rare. Cf. meroanencephaly.
• a type of neural tube disorder where the baby's brain does not form. This is caused by a failure of the neural tube to close properly very early in the baby's development. Anencephalic babies often die prior to birth, but can live a few hours after being born. ...
• Absence of the higher brain centers; 50 percent of such infants are stillborn; 45 percent die shortly after birth. Approximately 5 percent may survive for months or years in a vegetative state.
• a defect in the closure of the neural tube during foetal development. The neural tube is a narrow channel that folds and closes between the 3rd and 4th weeks of pregnancy to form the brain and spinal cord of the embryo. ...
• Birth defect in which all but the most primitive parts of the brain, skull, and spinal cord fail to form in the embryo.
• A type of neural tube defect that occurs when the fetus's head and brain do not develop normally.
• The most common cranial defect, in which the brain is replaced by amorphous neural tissue and the skull does not form. Best detected in the second trimester of pregnancy, anencephaly is diagnosed with virtually 100 percent accuracy.
• [no brain] condition of forebrain degeneration caused by failure of anterior neuropore closure and consequent prolonged contact of the forebrain with amniotic fluid. Although infants with this neural tube defect are sometimes born alive, the condition is invariably fatal within a few hours or days.
• Open neural tube defect with absent brain development that leads to early death.
• a fatal congenital condition in which most or all of the baby's brain and skull are absent. The overall risk for this is 1:1000 but rises to 1:100 for women with a prior baby who had this condition. Folic acid may prevent this condition.
• Absence of all or a portion of the bones of the skull.
• Absence of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and flat bones of the skull in the foetus (born without a brain).
• Category: Birth defects Anencephaly is a neural tube defect: a disorder involving incomplete development of the brain, spinal cord, and/or their protective coverings. ...
• a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres
• Anencephaly is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the cephalic (head) end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of pregnancy, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. ...

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