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English
Noun
macrocephalus
- (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally large head.
1889 April 6, Frederick Peterson, “Cranial measurements in twenty cases of infantile cerebral hemiplegia”, in The New York Medical Journal:Benedikt called attention to the frequency of leptocephalus and macrocephalus in hemiplegia and paraplegia spastica infantilis, and to the frequency of asymmetry in the first-mentioned disease.
1894 April 7, Medical Record, page 435:He had collected thirty-three cases of craniotomy for idiocy and macrocephalus, and found that the results were always negative.
2007, G.A. Taylor, S.T. Treves, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET:A radionuclide salivagram of a 4-year-old girl with recurrent lung infections, macrocephalus, psychomotor retardation, and seizure disorder was obtained due to suspected aspiration.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
New Latin; from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “big”) + κεφάλη (kephálē, “head”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
Adjective
macrocephalus (feminine macrocephala, neuter macrocephalum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) having a large head; macrocephalous
Usage notes
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms