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pachygyria

pachygyria noun: congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere, resulting in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex and typically causing developmental delay and seizures.

Noun

pachygyria (uncountable)

  1. congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere, resulting in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex and typically causing developmental delay and seizures

Origin of pachygyria

From pachy- + gyro- + -ia.

Questions about pachygyria

What does pachygyria mean?
Pachygyria means congenital malformation of the cerebral hemisphere, resulting in unusually thick convolutions of the cerebral cortex and typically causing developmental delay and seizures.
What part of speech is pachygyria?
Pachygyria is a noun.

Words near pachygyria in the dictionary

  1. pachydermy
  2. pachydictyol
  3. pachydiscid
  4. pachydiscids
  5. pachyglossia
  6. pachygyria
  7. pachylaelapid
  8. pachylaelapids
  9. pachylosis
  10. pachymaran
  11. pachymeningeal

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