ANENCEPHALY | • anencephaly n. A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon. • ANENCEPHALY n. congenital absence of all or part of the brain, also ANENCEPHALIA. |
AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
BRACHYCEPHALY | • brachycephaly n. (Pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. • BRACHYCEPHALY n. the state of being brachycephalic, short-headed. |
DOLICHOCEPHALY | • dolichocephaly n. (Medicine) The quality or condition of being dolichocephalic. • DOLICHOCEPHALY n. the state of being dolichocephalic. |
HYDROCEPHALY | • hydrocephaly n. Hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALY n. an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranial cavity, also HYDROCEPHALUS. |
LISSENCEPHALY | • lissencephaly n. (Anatomy, neurology) The condition of having a smooth appearance on the surface of the brain. |
MACRENCEPHALY | • macrencephaly n. The condition of having an enlarged brain, usually as a component of any of various congenital syndromes… • MACRENCEPHALY n. the condition of having an abnormally large brain, also MACRENCEPHALIA, MACROCEPHALIA. |
MACROCEPHALY | • macrocephaly n. (Medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large. • macrocephaly n. (Geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment… • MACROCEPHALY n. largeness, or abnormal largeness, of the head. |
MEGACEPHALY | • megacephaly n. Macrencephaly. • MEGACEPHALY n. the condition of having an unusually large head or cranial capacity, also MEGALOCEPHALY. |
MEGALOCEPHALY | • megalocephaly n. Synonym of macrencephaly. • MEGALOCEPHALY n. the condition of having an unusually large head or cranial capacity, also MEGACEPHALY. |
MESATICEPHALY | • mesaticephaly n. The condition of being mesaticephalic. • MESATICEPHALY n. the state of being mesaticephalic. |
MESOCEPHALY | • mesocephaly n. The property of being mesocephalic. • MESOCEPHALY n. having a medium skull, also MESOCEPHALISM. |
MICROCEPHALY | • microcephaly n. A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth. • MICROCEPHALY n. the state of having a small head. |
ORTHOCEPHALY | • orthocephaly n. The condition of being orthocephalic. • ORTHOCEPHALY n. the state of being orthocephalic. |
OXYCEPHALY | • oxycephaly n. A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture… • OXYCEPHALY n. the condition of having a conical skull. |
PLAGIOCEPHALY | • plagiocephaly n. (Pathology) A congenital condition where the skull suffers an oblique malformation. • PLAGIOCEPHALY n. a twisted condition of the head, the front of the skull being larger on one side, the back larger on the other. |
SCAPHOCEPHALY | • scaphocephaly n. (Pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened side-to-side. • SCAPHOCEPHALY n. having an abnormally long and narrow boat-shaped skull. |