microcephaly
(maɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ)
Also in mod.L. form microcephalia.
[ad. F. microcéphalie, f. mod.L. mīcrocephal-us: see microcephalous.]
The condition of having an abnormally small head, esp. a. in Anthropology, having a skull of a capacity less than 1350 cubic centimetres (Flower Catal. Mus. Surg. 1879); b. Path., having an abnormally small or atrophied skull.
| 1863 Gore in Anthrop. Rev. I. 168 The valuable essay of Wagner on the subject (Vorstudien, Th. 2) of micro-cephaly. 1863 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 94 On Microcephalia. 1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 30 Jan. 184/2 The theory which attributes microcephaly to premature cranial syntosis. |