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Definition of Microcephaly

1. Noun. An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain.

Definition of Microcephaly

1. Noun. A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth. ¹

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Definition of Microcephaly

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Medical Definition of Microcephaly

1. An abnormally small head of a newborn, a congenitally small brain. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microcephaly

Literary usage of Microcephaly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1897)
"We can never be perfectly sure of the nature of the lesion in any case of microcephaly. Dr. Keen has most kindly consented to give his views on the ..."

2. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1894)
"microcephaly has proved an attractive subject to many observers, ... Two fascinating hypotheses as to the etiology of microcephaly were no sooner evolved ..."

3. The Diseases of Children: A Work for the Practising Physician by Meinhard von Pfaundler, Arthur Schlossmann, Henry Larned Keith Shaw, Linnæus Edford La Fétra, Luther Emmett Holt (1912)
"The prognosis of microcephaly is extremely gloomy. Functions which are often preserved in children with irreparable injuries to the cerebrum, ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Among them may be mentioned microcephaly, porencephaly and cerebral agenesia. 1. microcephaly In this condition, the cerebrum is abnor- ' mally small and is ..."

5. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"It has been recently shown that microcephaly is sometimes accompanied by ... microcephaly circumference of i6f inch = metres. The mental power and energy of ..."

6. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"Craniectomy in microcephaly—Mr. Victor Horsley reports the following case. The patient was a boy aged three years, who was said to have had a fit at ..."

7. Idiocy: And Its Treatment by the Physiological Method by Edward Seguin (1866)
"Profound Idiocy—Anterior and Lateral microcephaly—No Complication. — Peter W., aged eleven years, of a lymphatic temperament, tall and slight for his age, ..."

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