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microcephaly

[ UK /mˈa‍ɪkɹə‍ʊsˌɛfəli/ ]
NOUN
  1. an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

How To Use microcephaly In A Sentence

  • Congenital brain anomalies like microcephaly, abnormal cortical mantle formation, agenesis of the corpus callosum have been reported.
  • She has a number of complex conditions including congenital microcephaly and cerebral palsy.
  • And another thing I like about you, Renner, is your gift for introducing microcephaly into seemingly unrelated conversations. Castle Valley Solargraph | clusterflock
  • The diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome is partly based on craniofacial features which include microcephaly, telecanthus, narrow palpebral fissures, thin lips and a flat philtrum, with or without cleft lip or palate.
  • Some anthropologists have suggested that the hobbits could be modern-human dwarfs with a condition called microcephaly, a condition of abnormal smallness of the head.
  • The study provides scientific evidence that the so-called "hobbit" bones found in 2003 on the Indonesian island of Flores belonged to a pygmy with a skull-deforming condition called microcephaly, not a member of a previously unknown species of human being, Pruning the Human Family Tree
  • Besides the short stature and microcephaly, the patient had developmental delay in language.
  • Some anthropologists dismissed the specimens as simply showing evidence of a miserable community afflicted by microcephaly, Laron syndrome, cretinism or other ailments that might produce similar physical features. Bones That Tell a Tale
  • Measurement of the head circumference is vital to detect associated microcephaly or macrocephaly (caused by hydrocephalus).
  • In October last year, researchers said that the Hobbit fossil found in Flores, Indonesia did not represent a new species of hominid, but was rather a small bodied modern human who suffered from a genetic condition known as microcephaly, characterized by a small head. Archive 2007-01-01
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