acephalic

== English == === Etymology === From a- + cephalic. === Adjective === acephalic (not comparable) Without a head. Synonyms: acephalous, headless (medicine, of a headache, dated) Characterized by a migraine aura without pain. Without a leader. Synonyms: acephalous, leaderless 1688, uncredited translator, A Dissertation Concerning Patriarchal and Metropolitical Authority by Emmanuel Schelstrate, London: Matthew Turner, [Introduction], p. xx,[3] […] he endeavours not only to shew that the English Church was Acephalic, that is, without a Head; but also Autocephalic, that is under its own proper Jurisdiction only […] (prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable. Synonym: acephalous Lacking the first portion of the text. (of a manuscript) Synonym: acephalous Coordinate terms: acaudal, atelous ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===