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MACROCEPHALIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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macrocephalic

[ mak-roh-suh-fal-ik ]

adjective

  1. Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  2. Craniometry. being or having a skull with a large cranial capacity.


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Other Words From

  • macro·cepha·ly noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of macrocephalic1

1850–55; < Greek makroképhal ( os ) large-headed ( macro-, -cephalous ) + -ic
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Example Sentences

In about a month — after much fine-tuning of a mold — the company e-mailed back a photo of a miniature, macrocephalic Stew dribbling a basketball.

These women had frequent abortions, often produced deaf-mutes, and very frequently macrocephalic children.

Besides babies up till the age of six months only resemble macrocephalic idiots....

This ependyma is the histologic factor of the enormous weight of macrocephalic brains.

In a macrocephalic case coming under the observation of Kiernan, of Chicago, in which the brain weighed 68 ounces, the ependyma was five times the normal thickness.

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