podencephalus

podencephalus

 [pod″en-sef´ah-lus] a deformed fetus without a cranium, the brain hanging by a pedicle.

podencephalus

(pŏd″ĕn-sĕf′ă-lŭs) [″ + enkephalos, brain] A deformed fetus in whom most of the brain is outside the skull and is attached by a thin pedicle.