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noun
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: microcephalus, nanocephaly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: abnormality, abnormalcy
History
From micro- + -cephaly.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
