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‖ microcephalus Path.|maɪkrəʊˈsɛfələs|
Pl. microcephali |-ˈsɛfəlaɪ|.
[mod.L.: see prec.]
1. A person having an abnormally small skull.
1863N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 94 Healthy parents may produce one or several microcephali. 1879tr. De Quatrefages' Hum. Spec. 111 Vogt has compared the brain of microcephali to that of the anthropomorphous apes.
2. [Cf. ] A pathological condition in which the smallness of the cranium prevents the proper development of the brain.
1897L. E. Holt Dis. Infancy 702 The symptoms of microcephalus are those of idiocy and cerebral paralysis. |