Synonyms & related words for anencephaly

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of anencephaly. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to anencephaly

Explore words related to anencephaly — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include anencephalic, meningocele, encephalocele, microcephaly, malformation, plagiocephaly, scaphocephaly, rachischisis. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does anencephaly come from?

The word anencephaly breaks down into 4 roots of Greek origin: an-, from Greek an (“not, without”); en-, from Greek en (“in, within”); cephal, from Greek kephale (“head, brain”); and -y, from Greek ia (“condition”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.