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Definition of Acephalous

1. Adjective. Lacking a head or a clearly defined head. "Acephalous worms"

Definition of Acephalous

1. a. Headless.

Definition of Acephalous

1. Adjective. Headless ¹

2. Adjective. (zoology) Without a distinct head; -- a term applied to bivalve mollusks. ¹

3. Adjective. (botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries ¹

4. Adjective. Without a leader or chief. ¹

5. Adjective. Wanting the beginning ¹

6. Adjective. (prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable - Brande ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acephalous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Acephalous

1. 1. Headless. 2. Without a distinct head; a term applied to bivalve mollusks. 3. Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries. 4. Without a leader or chief. 5. Wanting the beginning. "A false or acephalous structure of sentence." (De Quincey) 6. Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry. See: Acephal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acephalous

Literary usage of Acephalous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Catalogue of the British Non-parasitical Worms in the Collection of the by George Johnston (1865)
"They are sometimes jointed; often very long, and remarkably contractile in the acephalous genera. Palpi (fig. 8p) are seldom found. ..."

2. Transactions of the Obstetrical Society of London: Vol. I-XLIX, for the Year by Obstetrical Society of London (1893)
"By M. HANDFIELD-JONES, MD Dr. HANDFIELD-JONES showed a specimen of an acephalous, acardiac foetus from a twin pregnancy. Labour had come on at the end of ..."

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