microcephaly

microcephaly

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ -cephaly

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛfəli

Noun

microcephaly (countable and uncountable, plural microcephalies)

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

Synonyms

• microcephalia
• microcephalism

Related terms

• microcephalic
• microcephale
• microcephalous
• microcephalus

Translations

neurological disorder

Chinese: Mandarin: 畸形小頭／畸形小头 (jīxíng xiǎotóu), 小頭畸形／小头畸形 (xiǎotóu jīxíng), 小腦症／小脑症 (xiǎonǎozhèng) Czech: mikrocefalie f Dutch: microcefalie (nl) f Finnish: pienipäisyys, mikrokefalia (fi) French: microcéphalie (fr) f Georgian: მიკროკეფალია (miḳroḳepalia) Polish: mikrocefalia (pl) f, małogłowie (pl) n Portuguese: microcefalia (pt) f Russian: микроцефа́лия (ru) f (mikrocefálija), микрокефа́лия (ru) f (mikrokefálija) Spanish: microcefalia (es) f

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