Usually means: Brain smooth, lacking normal folds.
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  1. lissencephalic: Merriam-Webster
  2. lissencephalic: Wiktionary
  3. lissencephalic: Dictionary.com

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  1. lissencephalic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (lissencephalic)

▸ adjective:  Afflicted with, or relating to, lissencephaly
▸ adjective:  Having a cerebral cortex with a smooth surface

Similar:
lissencephalous, lysencephalic, lisencephalic, lyencephalous, exencephalous, iniencephalic, exencephalic, encephalic, anencephalic, myelencephalic, more...

Opposite:
gyrencephalic, convoluted

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lissencephalous, lysencephalic, lisencephalic, lyencephalous, exencephalous, iniencephalic, exencephalic, encephalic, anencephalic, myelencephalic, more...

Opposite:
gyrencephalic, convoluted



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