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DERENCEPHALUS

\dˈɛɹɪnsˌɛfaləs], \dˈɛɹɪnsˌɛfaləs], \d_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_n_s_ˌɛ_f_a_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of DERENCEPHALUS

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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from 'the neck,' and 'head.' A monster whose brain is in the neck. -G. St. Hilaire.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

A monster with no cranium, the cervical vertebrae containing the relics of a brain.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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