macrocephalyn.

Brit.

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəli/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩i/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfəli/,

/ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈˌmækroʊˈsɛfəli/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French macrocéphalie.

Etymology: Probably < French macrocéphalie (1840) < macrocéphale (see macrocephalous adj.) + -ie -y suffix³. Compare earlier microcephaly n.

The condition of having an abnormally large head.

ΘΚΠ

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

long-headedness1818

microcephalia1849

microcephaly1863

leptocephaly1864

platycephaly1864

dolichocephalism1865

mesaticephalism1865

brachistocephaly1866

dolichocephaly1866

mecistocephaly1866

acrocephaly1870

brachycephaly1871

megalocephaly1878

pyrgocephaly1878

stenocephaly1878

brachycephalism1880

platyrrhiny1880

hypsistenocephaly1881

mesocephaly1883

short-headedness1883

orthocephaly1884

oxycephaly1885

mesocephalism1888

macrocephalia1889

macrocephaly1889

broad-headedness1890

mesaticephaly1891

chamaeconchy1902

chamaeprosopy1902

hypsiconchy1902

mesorrhiny1902

mesoconchy1904

tower skull1905

1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Macrocephaly.

1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. vi. 248 Augmentation of the volume of the head is called macrocephaly.

1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. ix. 36/1 There is a wide vertical bony ridge in the centre of the forehead, and some degree of macrocephaly.

1995 Amer. Health July–Aug. 84/2 She then had a head CT scan; that too was normal. An official diagnosis was entered in her chart: familial macrocephaly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macrocephaly
释义	macrocephalyn. Brit. /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəli/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩i/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfəli/, /ˌmakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈˌmækroʊˈsɛfəli/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from French. Etymon: French macrocéphalie. Etymology: Probably < French macrocéphalie (1840) < macrocéphale (see macrocephalous adj.) + -ie -y suffix³. Compare earlier microcephaly n. The condition of having an abnormally large head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > condition of having long-headedness1818 microcephalia1849 microcephaly1863 leptocephaly1864 platycephaly1864 dolichocephalism1865 mesaticephalism1865 brachistocephaly1866 dolichocephaly1866 mecistocephaly1866 acrocephaly1870 brachycephaly1871 megalocephaly1878 pyrgocephaly1878 stenocephaly1878 brachycephalism1880 platyrrhiny1880 hypsistenocephaly1881 mesocephaly1883 short-headedness1883 orthocephaly1884 oxycephaly1885 mesocephalism1888 macrocephalia1889 macrocephaly1889 broad-headedness1890 mesaticephaly1891 chamaeconchy1902 chamaeprosopy1902 hypsiconchy1902 mesorrhiny1902 mesoconchy1904 tower skull1905 1889 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Macrocephaly. 1897 G. M. Gould & W. L. Pyle Anomalies & Curiosities Med. vi. 248 Augmentation of the volume of the head is called macrocephaly. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) I. ix. 36/1 There is a wide vertical bony ridge in the centre of the forehead, and some degree of macrocephaly. 1995 Amer. Health July–Aug. 84/2 She then had a head CT scan; that too was normal. An official diagnosis was entered in her chart: familial macrocephaly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1889
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