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MACRENCEPHALY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does macrencephaly mean?
• MACRENCEPHALY (noun)
The noun MACRENCEPHALY has 1 sense:
1. an abnormally large braincase
Familiarity information: MACRENCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormally large braincase
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("macrencephaly" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Derivation:
macrencephalic; macrencephalous (having a large brain case)
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