"microcephaly" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-microcephaly.wav Forms: microcephalies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛfəli Etymology: From micro- + -cephaly. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|micro|cephaly}} micro- + -cephaly Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} microcephaly (countable and uncountable, plural microcephalies)
  1. A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth. Wikipedia link: microcephaly Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: microcephalia, microcephalism Related terms: microcephalic, microcephale, microcephalous, microcephalus Translations (neurological disorder): 畸形小頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 畸形小头 (jīxíng xiǎotóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 小頭畸形 (Chinese Mandarin), 小头畸形 (xiǎotóu jīxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 小腦症 (Chinese Mandarin), 小脑症 (xiǎonǎozhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), mikrocefalie [feminine] (Czech), microcefalie [feminine] (Dutch), pienipäisyys (Finnish), mikrokefalia (Finnish), microcéphalie [feminine] (French), მიკროკეფალია (miḳroḳepalia) (Georgian), mikrocefalia [feminine] (Polish), małogłowie [neuter] (Polish), microcefalia [feminine] (Portuguese), микроцефа́лия (mikrocefálija) [feminine] (Russian), микрокефа́лия (mikrokefálija) [feminine] (Russian), microcefalia [feminine] (Spanish)

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