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Definition of Microcephalic
1. Adjective. Having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain. "A nanocephalic dwarf"
Partainyms: Microcephaly, Microcephaly, Nanocephaly
Derivative terms: Microcephaly, Microcephaly, Nanocephaly
Definition of Microcephalic
1. a. Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
Definition of Microcephalic
1. Adjective. Having an abnormally small head ¹
2. Noun. A microcephalic person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Microcephalic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Microcephalic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcephalic
Literary usage of Microcephalic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Medico-Psychological Association Annual Meeting by American Medico-Psychological Association (1903)
"9 years; microcephalic and Idiotic. Like 3-year child. Right craniectomy.
Improvement. ... microcephalic and idiotic. Craniectomy on both sides. ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"By Professor DJ CUNNINGHAM, MD, FRS The brain of the microcephalic idiot may exhibit
... The microcephalic brain may be regarded as a partial' atavism. ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1876)
"Report upon Some Cases of microcephalic Idiocy and Cretinism. By WW IRELAND, MD,
Medical Superintendent of the Larbert Institution. ..."
4. Diseases of the nervous system by Smith Ely Jelliffe, William Alanson White (1917)
"microcephalic Types.—Mental defect associated with extr smallness of the head.
No definite rule can be laid down as to w Flu. 414.—Erma. Front view. FIG. ..."
5. A Text-book of Psychiatry for Physicians and Students by Leonardo Bianchi (1906)
"68,—microcephalic IDIOT OF OBSERVATION I. On the other hand, microcephaly may be
found combined with all the anatomo-pathological processes just recorded. ..."
6. On Some of the Mental Affections of Childhood and Youth: Being the by John Langdon Down (1887)
"... A CASE OF microcephalic SKULL. 'Trans. Path. Soc.,' 1869. THE cranium exhibited
is that of a boy thirteen years of age, having a height of 45| inches, ..."
7. Philadelphia Hospital Reports by Philadelphia Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.) (1893)
"OCULAR EXAMINATION OF A microcephalic CHILD. By GEORGE M. GOULD, AM, MD WHEN I
came on duty in February, 1892, my colleague, Dr. EP Davis, requested me to ..."
8. Case Histories in Pediatrics: A Collection of Histories of Actual Patients by John Lovett Morse (1913)
"The normal size and shape of the head exclude hydrocéphalie and microcephalic
idiocy. The absence of spasm, paralysis and exaggerated reflexes shows that ..."
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