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Definition of Megalocephaly

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

Medical Definition of Megalocephaly

1. A condition, either congenital or acquired, in which the head is abnormally large; usually applied to an adult skull with a capacity of over 1450 ml. Synonym: leontiasis ossea, macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megacephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia, Virchow's disease. Origin: mega-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Megalocephaly

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

1. Anomalies and curiosities of medicine by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1901)
"Starr d describes what he • i lie a case of this disease, and proposes the title megalocephaly as pre- » Yin-how's term, because the soft parts arc also ..."

2. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head by Arthur Schueller (1918)
"megalocephaly" (CEPHALONIA, HYDROCEPHALUS) The predominating majority of all abnormally large skulls v are hydrocephalic. This means they are produced by an ..."

3. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1867)
"Out of the brains weighed by me there are, as shown in this table, those of ten men and seven women which fall into the class of Decided megalocephaly, ..."

4. On the Weight of the Brain, and on the Circumstances Affecting it by John Thurnam (1866)
"Out of the brains weighed by me there are, as shown in this table, those of ten men and seven women which fall into the class of Decided megalocephaly, ..."

5. 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)
"... face and neck, involving both the bones and the soft tissues over them— a true megalocephaly. According to Putnam, osteophytic growths from the inner ..."

6. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"(m,f"a-\o-!ie-fa\'ic, -sei'c-lvs). Pertaining to or affected with megalocephaly. ... megalocephaly ..."

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