Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One with prevented development of the encephalon.

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  • The circumference of the head was 19 inches, and Ross pointed out that the tendon-reflexes were well marked, as well as the ankle-clonus; he diagnosed the case as one of parencephalus.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The circumference of the head was 19 inches, and Ross pointed out that the tendon-reflexes were well marked, as well as the ankle-clonus; he diagnosed the case as one of parencephalus.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

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