megacephalic, a. Anat.
(mɛgəsɪˈfælɪk)
[f. Gr. µέγα-ς great + κεϕαλή head: cf cephalic.]
Large-headed; spec. (see quot. 1882).
| 1879 Flower Catal. Mus. Coll. Surg. i. 10 Crania of unusually large size (Megacephalic). 1882 Quain's Anat. (ed. 9) I. 80 Those [skulls] exceeding 1450 cubic centimeters in capacity are megacephalic. |
So megaˈcephalous a., large-headed.
| 1856 in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1890 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |