microcephaly

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ -cephaly

Pronunciation

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• 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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