macrocephalusn.

Brit.

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩əs/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfələs/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩əs/, U.S.

/ˈˌmækroʊˈsɛfələs/

Inflections: Plural macrocephali.

Forms: also (in sense 1) with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macrocephalus.

Etymology: < classical Latin macrocephalus (in Macrocephalī , plural, name of a tribe (Pliny)) < ancient Greek μακροκέϕαλος long-headed (compare quot. 1950 at sense 1 for use in Hippocrates) < μακρός macro- comb. form + -κέϕαλος (see -cephalous comb. form).

1. In plural (in form Macrocephali). A supposed Asian or Scythian tribe or people who characteristically had unusually long heads; (in singular) a member of this tribe. See long head n. 2. Now historical.

ΚΠ

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man Proeme sig. Bij^v In Asia are a people named Macrocephali, hauing very long heades.

1652 T. Vaughan Fame & Confession Rosie Cross sig. B5 In the Rear of this strange Beast [sc. the manticore] march the Pygmies, the Sciapodes, and the Macrocephali.

1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks ii. 49 The Macrocephali, or People with long Heads, mention'd by Hippocrates.

1824 Lancet 11 Dec. 328/1 I believe, that if a man's head were to taper at the top as a sugar-loaf, like the Macrocephali described by Hippocrates, that he would become decisive.

1950 J. Chadwick & W. N. Mann tr. Hippocrates Airs, Waters, Places in Med. Wks. xiv. 103 First of the Macrocephali... The chief cause of the length of their heads was at first found to be in their customs, but nowadays nature collaborates with tradition and they consider those with the longest heads the most nobly born.

†2. In extended use: any person with an exceptionally long or large head (see also quot. 1824). Also: = big-head n. 3b. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > person having

macrocephalus1626

long head1650

microcephalus1848

brachycephales1863

dolichocephali1863

brachistocephali1866

mecistocephali1866

Mesocephali1866

roundhead1867

microcephale1873

microcephalic1873

dolichocephal1876

mesorrhinian1878

mesocephal1883

short head1883

mesorrhine1885

platyrrhine1886

brachycephal1901

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum i. xxviii. 9 The Stroaking of the Heads of Infants, between the Hands, was noted of Old, to make Macrocephali; which shape of the Head, at that time, was esteemed.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 2 There were found many Macrocephali among them, that is, such Long-heads as no other Nation had the like.

1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. II. 71 There is hardly anything more galling..to one of the macrocephali, than the discovery that he has been completely deceived by a person of whose intellect he has entertained a very mean opinion.

1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 95/1 Macrocephalus, 1. Having a large head. 2. A cranium having a capacity of 1950 c.c. and upward (Topinard).

†3. The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale)

trumpa1625

spermaceti whale1658

pot-walfish1694

parmacety1705

pot-fish1744

cachalot1747

physeter1753

sperm whale1839

sperm1840

macrocephalus1851

greyhead1859

physeteroid1876

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 149 This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa Whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words.

4. Medicine. A fetus with macrocephaly (now rare, perhaps obsolete); macrocephaly; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 518/1 Macrocephalus, ‘One who has a large head.’ This epithet is given to children born with heads so large that they seem to be hydrocephalic.]

1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 586/1 Macrocephalus, a fetus with excessive development of the head.

1979 Pediatr. Radiol. 24 133 It is concluded that PV is a simple method of clarifying the causes of a macrocephalus in infancy without great technical effort.

1991 Pediatrics 88 1194 In 9 patients macrocephalus was present at or shortly after birth and preceded the neurological disease.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macrocephalus
释义	macrocephalusn. Brit. /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩əs/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfələs/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩əs/, U.S. /ˈˌmækroʊˈsɛfələs/ Inflections: Plural macrocephali. Forms: also (in sense 1) with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macrocephalus. Etymology: < classical Latin macrocephalus (in Macrocephalī , plural, name of a tribe (Pliny)) < ancient Greek μακροκέϕαλος long-headed (compare quot. 1950 at sense 1 for use in Hippocrates) < μακρός macro- comb. form + -κέϕαλος (see -cephalous comb. form). 1. In plural (in form Macrocephali). A supposed Asian or Scythian tribe or people who characteristically had unusually long heads; (in singular) a member of this tribe. See long head n. 2. Now historical. ΚΠ 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man Proeme sig. Bij^v In Asia are a people named Macrocephali, hauing very long heades. 1652 T. Vaughan Fame & Confession Rosie Cross sig. B5 In the Rear of this strange Beast [sc. the manticore] march the Pygmies, the Sciapodes, and the Macrocephali. 1711 W. King tr. G. Naudé Polit. Considerations Refin'd Politicks ii. 49 The Macrocephali, or People with long Heads, mention'd by Hippocrates. 1824 Lancet 11 Dec. 328/1 I believe, that if a man's head were to taper at the top as a sugar-loaf, like the Macrocephali described by Hippocrates, that he would become decisive. 1950 J. Chadwick & W. N. Mann tr. Hippocrates Airs, Waters, Places in Med. Wks. xiv. 103 First of the Macrocephali... The chief cause of the length of their heads was at first found to be in their customs, but nowadays nature collaborates with tradition and they consider those with the longest heads the most nobly born. †2. In extended use: any person with an exceptionally long or large head (see also quot. 1824). Also: = big-head n. 3b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > person having macrocephalus1626 long head1650 microcephalus1848 brachycephales1863 dolichocephali1863 brachistocephali1866 mecistocephali1866 Mesocephali1866 roundhead1867 microcephale1873 microcephalic1873 dolichocephal1876 mesorrhinian1878 mesocephal1883 short head1883 mesorrhine1885 platyrrhine1886 brachycephal1901 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum i. xxviii. 9 The Stroaking of the Heads of Infants, between the Hands, was noted of Old, to make Macrocephali; which shape of the Head, at that time, was esteemed. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 2 There were found many Macrocephali among them, that is, such Long-heads as no other Nation had the like. 1824 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 1st Ser. II. 71 There is hardly anything more galling..to one of the macrocephali, than the discovery that he has been completely deceived by a person of whose intellect he has entertained a very mean opinion. 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 95/1 Macrocephalus, 1. Having a large head. 2. A cranium having a capacity of 1950 c.c. and upward (Topinard). †3. The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Physeteridae > genus Physeter (sperm whale) trumpa1625 spermaceti whale1658 pot-walfish1694 parmacety1705 pot-fish1744 cachalot1747 physeter1753 sperm whale1839 sperm1840 macrocephalus1851 greyhead1859 physeteroid1876 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 149 This whale, among the English of old vaguely known as the Trumpa Whale, and the Physeter whale, and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of the Germans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words. 4. Medicine. A fetus with macrocephaly (now rare, perhaps obsolete); macrocephaly; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1848 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 7) 518/1 Macrocephalus, ‘One who has a large head.’ This epithet is given to children born with heads so large that they seem to be hydrocephalic.] 1949 Blakiston's New Gould Med. Dict. 586/1 Macrocephalus, a fetus with excessive development of the head. 1979 Pediatr. Radiol. 24 133 It is concluded that PV is a simple method of clarifying the causes of a macrocephalus in infancy without great technical effort. 1991 Pediatrics 88 1194 In 9 patients macrocephalus was present at or shortly after birth and preceded the neurological disease. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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