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单词 microcephalism
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microcephalismn.

Brit. /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩ɪz(ə)m/; see also -cephalism comb. form. U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfəlɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: micro- comb. form, -cephalism comb. form.
Etymology: < micro- comb. form + -cephalism comb. form, after German Mikrocephalie or French microcéphalie (see microcephaly n.). Compare earlier microcephalia n. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (məikrose·făliz'm) /maɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪz(ə)m/.
Medicine. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete.
= microcephaly n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [noun] > of skull
head-mould-shot1650
head-mould-shottenness1684
mould-shot1752
microcephalus1850
iniencephalus1857
microcephalism1861
microcephaly1863
plagiocephaly1873
trigonocephaly1878
trochocephaly1878
leontiasis1885
iniencephaly1902
1861 Year-bk. Med. 1860 (New Sydenham Soc.) 2 Memoir on Microcephalism.
1879 tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Human Species 111 Microcephalism, idiotcy, and crétinism constitute so many teratological or pathological states.
1896 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 25 174 The apparent microcephalism does not seem to interfere with the intelligence or liveliness of the Negritos.
1902 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 32 Index Microcephalism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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