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macrocephalus

macrocephalus noun: the condition of having an abnormally large head.

Noun

macrocephalus

  1. The condition of having an abnormally large head.
    • Benedikt called attention to the frequency of leptocephalus and macrocephalus in hemiplegia and paraplegia spastica infantilis, and to the frequency of asymmetry in the first-mentioned disease.1889 April 6, Frederick Peterson, “Cranial measurements in twenty cases of infantile cerebral hemiplegia”, in The New York Medical Journal
    • He had collected thirty-three cases of craniotomy for idiocy and macrocephalus, and found that the results were always negative.1894 April 7, Medical Record, page 435
    Synonyms:
    macrocephaly

macrocephalus meaning in Tamil

macrocephalus in Tamil

பெருங்கபாலம்

Synonyms of macrocephalus

Questions about macrocephalus

What does macrocephalus mean?
Macrocephalus means the condition of having an abnormally large head.
What is macrocephalus in Tamil?
Macrocephalus in Tamil is பெருங்கபாலம். See Macrocephalus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is macrocephalus?
Macrocephalus is a noun.

Words near macrocephalus in the dictionary

  1. macrocephalia
  2. macrocephalic
  3. macrocephalies
  4. macrocephalism
  5. macrocephalous
  6. macrocephalus
  7. macrocephaly
  8. macrochaeta
  9. macrochaetae
  10. macrochaete
  11. macrochaetes

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