acephalostomia
[a-sef″ah-lo-sto´me-ah] congenital absence of the head, with the mouth aperture on the upper aspect of the body.
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a·ceph·a·lo·sto·mi·a
(ā-sef'ă-lō-stō'mē-ă) Congenital absence of most of the head with, however, the presence of a mouthlike opening.
[G. a- priv. + kephalē, head, + stoma, mouth]
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