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Definition of microcephaly in English: microcephalynoun ˌmʌɪkrəʊˈsɛfəliˌmʌɪkrəʊˈkɛfəliˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfəli mass nounMedicine Abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development. Example sentencesExamples - Congenital brain anomalies like microcephaly, abnormal cortical mantle formation, agenesis of the corpus callosum have been reported.
- If untreated, the disorder results in mental retardation, microcephaly, delayed speech, seizures, eczema and behavior abnormalities.
- She has a number of complex conditions including congenital microcephaly and cerebral palsy.
- Some anthropologists have suggested that the hobbits could be modern-human dwarfs with a condition called microcephaly, a condition of abnormal smallness of the head.
- However, three or more minor malformations, especially if associated with short stature or failure to thrive, microcephaly or developmental delay, should engender further investigation.
Derivatives adjective & noun ˌmʌɪkrəʊkɪˈfalɪkˌmʌɪkrəʊsɪˈfalɪkˌmaɪkroʊsəˈfælɪk Medicine The scaling of brain to body isn't at all what we'd expect to find in pygmies, and the shape is all wrong to be a microcephalic. Example sentencesExamples - Specifically, the head circumference of a microcephalic infant, measured by encircling the forehead and the occiput, or back of the skull, is three standard deviations or more below normal.
- But Falk and colleagues only compare the Flores fossil to one poorly matched microcephalic skull of a modern human.
- Affected children are microcephalic, have intractable seizures, and their neurological development is severely impaired.
- Whether the tiny people of Flores were indeed microcephalic modern types, or whether they represent a pygmy version of so-called Homo erectus, the point is really the same.
adjective ˌmʌɪkrəʊˈkɛf(ə)ləsˌmʌɪkrəʊˈsɛf(ə)ləsˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfələs Medicine But really I was quite serious for I have always believed that the mottled tangle of our elusive lives demands such essential change; that Communism shall indeed create a beautifully square world of identical brawny fellows, broad-shouldered and microcephalous; and that a hostile attitude toward it is both childish and preconceived… Example sentencesExamples - Because Smith's head is small for his shoulders you call him microcephalous; if it had been large, you'd have called it water-on-the-brain.
- There is a happy compromise, a synthesis: just agree that he's microcephalous but with a higher brain-fat ratio than your average pinhead.
- Being microcephalous [having an abnormally tiny head] is a misfortune, and nothing to boast of.
Origin Mid 19th century: from micro- + Greek kephalē ‘head’ + -y. Definition of microcephaly in US English: microcephalynounˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfəliˌmīkrōˈsefəlē Medicine Abnormal smallness of the head, a congenital condition associated with incomplete brain development. Example sentencesExamples - However, three or more minor malformations, especially if associated with short stature or failure to thrive, microcephaly or developmental delay, should engender further investigation.
- Congenital brain anomalies like microcephaly, abnormal cortical mantle formation, agenesis of the corpus callosum have been reported.
- She has a number of complex conditions including congenital microcephaly and cerebral palsy.
- If untreated, the disorder results in mental retardation, microcephaly, delayed speech, seizures, eczema and behavior abnormalities.
- Some anthropologists have suggested that the hobbits could be modern-human dwarfs with a condition called microcephaly, a condition of abnormal smallness of the head.
Origin Mid 19th century: from micro- + Greek kephalē ‘head’ + -y. |