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colpocephaly

colpocephaly noun: a cephalic disorder involving the disproportionate enlargement of the occipital horns of the lateral cerebroventricles.

Noun

colpocephaly (uncountable)

  1. A cephalic disorder involving the disproportionate enlargement of the occipital horns of the lateral cerebroventricles.
    • Compared to individuals with hypoplasia or dysplasia of the corpus callosum, individuals with CAG showed a significantly greater frequency of isolated corpus callosum abnormalities (without associated central nervous system defects), hippocampal anomalies, Probst bundles, and colpocephaly.2015 July 25, Jason Bennett Neal, Christopher G. Filippi, Richard Mayeux, “Morphometric variability of neuroimaging features in Children with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum”, in BMC Neurology...

Origin of colpocephaly

From colpo- (“cavity”) + -cephaly (“head”).

Questions about colpocephaly

What does colpocephaly mean?
Colpocephaly means a cephalic disorder involving the disproportionate enlargement of the occipital horns of the lateral cerebroventricles.
What part of speech is colpocephaly?
Colpocephaly is a noun.

Words near colpocephaly in the dictionary

  1. colpitis
  2. Colpman
  3. colpo-
  4. colpocele
  5. colpoceles
  6. colpocephaly
  7. colpocleisis
  8. colpocoxite
  9. colpocoxites
  10. colpocystotomies
  11. colpocystotomy

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