acardia


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Noun 1. acardia - congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of some monsters)
teras, monster - (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus
abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies
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It has to be differentiated from fetus acardia amorphous.
IMMATURE PLACENTAL TERATOMA
The recipient twin develops severe anomalies often referred to as acardia, incompatible with life.
Acardiac acephalic twin gestation
Saints of Acardia are playing at Steph's in Consett, County Durham, on March 14.
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