microcephalism Path.
(maɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪz(ə)m)
[f. mod.L. mīcrocephal-us (see microcephalus) + -ism.]
= microcephaly.
| 1861 N. Syd. Soc. Year-bk. Med. 2 Memoir on Microcephalism. 1879 tr. De Quatrefages' Hum. Spec. 111 Microcephalism, idiotcy, and crétinism constitute so many teratological or pathological states. |