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Anencephaly is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Anencephaly in a sentence

Anencephaly meaning

A lethal birth defect involving the abscence of a major portion of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.

Synonyms of Anencephaly

anencephalia birth defect congenital anomaly congenital defect congenital disorder congenital abnormality

Related words

Other words often associated with Anencephaly or its synonyms:

anomaly defect

Using Anencephaly

  • The main meaning on this page is: A lethal birth defect involving the abscence of a major portion of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.
  • Useful related words include: anencephalia, birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect.

Context around Anencephaly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 15 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Anencephaly

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

anencephaly is a 1× diagnosed with anencephaly 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to karsan 1× anencephaly is a 1×

Common sentence endings:

brain and skull 1× diagnosed with anencephaly 1×

Words around Anencephaly

Just before it in the word index:

anemophilous 4 anemones 17 anemonefish 4 anemone 14 anemometers 11 anemometer 18

Just after it in the word index:

anene 9 anenih 20 aner 3 aneroid 13 anesidora 4 anesongib 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabb 4 aabria 4 aacha 4 aacta 4 aadu 4 aafmaa 4

Corpus analysis for Anencephaly

  • In this selection, "anencephaly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 15 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anencephaly is a and diagnosed with anencephaly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "anencephaly" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with anencephaly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

According to Karsan, during tests, the fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly. (11 words)

Anencephaly is a serious birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Anencephaly is a serious birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull. (19 words)

According to Karsan, during tests, the fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly. (11 words)

Example sentences (2)

According to Karsan, during tests, the fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly.

Anencephaly is a serious birth defect in which a baby is born without parts of the brain and skull.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anencephaly" in a sentence?
An example: "According to Karsan, during tests, the fetus was diagnosed with anencephaly." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "anencephaly" from authentic English texts.
What does "anencephaly" mean?
Anencephaly means: A lethal birth defect involving the abscence of a major portion of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon.
What are synonyms of "anencephaly"?
Common synonyms of "anencephaly" include: anencephalia, birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality.
How many example sentences with "anencephaly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "anencephaly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.