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Definition of Macrocephaly

1. Noun. An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.

Definition of Macrocephaly

1. Noun. (medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large. ¹

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Medical Definition of Macrocephaly

1. An abnormally large head. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrocephaly

Literary usage of Macrocephaly

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

1. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"Pathological terminology includes the following nomenclature: macrocephaly, sub-macrocephaly, sub-microcephaly, microcephaly Microcephaly may fall as low as ..."

2. Clinical Studies in Feeble-mindedness by Edgar Arnold Doll (1917)
"The latter bordered on macrocephaly, especially in view of the subject's age. It therefore appeared from these measurements that the shape of the head was ..."

3. Diseases of the nervous system: For the General Practitioner and Student by Alfred Gordon (1913)
"macrocephaly is due to hypertrophy of the brain. There is anatomically an ... The etiology of macrocephaly is alcoholism and syphilis of the parents. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"There is strong evidence in favor of the view that the evolution of man from microcephaly to macrocephaly has been associated with the passages from ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"There is strong evidence in favor of the view that the evolution of man from microcephaly to macrocephaly has been associated with the passages from ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1894)
"The contrary condition, macrocephaly, is due either to encephalic hypertrophy or hydrocephalus. ..."

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