MICROCEPHALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does microcephaly mean? 

• MICROCEPHALY (noun)
  The noun MICROCEPHALY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

  Familiarity information: MICROCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MICROCEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

microcephalus; microcephaly; nanocephaly

Hypernyms ("microcephaly" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Derivation:

microcephalic; microcephalous (having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain)

 Context examples 

More recent data from the ministry indicate 11,119 notifications of microcephaly nationwide since November last year, with 60% of them reported in the Northeast region.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)

It might also shed light on Zika’s proposed link to microcephaly.

(Zika virus structure revealed, NIH)

Almost 3,800 cases of microcephaly were recorded among newborns in Brazil that year, compared to an average of fewer than 200 in previous years.

(New blood test to detect Zika approved in Brazil, SciDev.Net)

Patients present with brain atrophy, microcephaly, and acute dystonia.

(Glutaric Acidemia Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder, wherein unstable chromosomes have a tendency to break and become rearranged, characterized by microcephaly, stunted growth, subnormal mental development, cafe-au-lait spots, and immunodeficiency.

(Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

They include cardiac and ocular lesions, deafness, microcephaly, mental retardation, and generalized growth retardation.

(Congenital Rubella, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by microcephaly, limb abnormalities, esophageal and/or duodenal atresia.

(Feingold Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Manifestations include nasal bridge depression, nasal bones hypoplasia, microcephaly, congenital heart disorders, and brachydactyly.

(Fetal Warfarin Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It leads to a variety of abnormalities that include mental retardation, microcephaly, low-set ears, eye structural defects, polydactyly, and limb abnormalities.

(Complete Trisomy 13 Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by a cat-like cry in infancy, microcephaly, mental retardation, growth failure, round face, hypertelorism, and cardiac failure.

(Cri du Chat Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)