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Meaning of "macrocephalic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MACROCEPHALIC

macrocephalic  [ˌmækrəʊsɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACROCEPHALIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Macrocephalic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MACROCEPHALIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Macrocephaly

Macrocephaly, occurs when the head is abnormally large ; this includes the scalp, the cranial bone, and the contents of the cranium.

Definition of macrocephalic in the English dictionary

The definition of macrocephalic in the dictionary is having an abnormally large head or skull.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACROCEPHALIC


brachiocephalic
ˌbreɪkɪəsɪˈfælɪk
brachycephalic
ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk
cephalic
sɪˈfælɪk
diencephalic
ˌdaɪensɪˈfælɪk
dolichocephalic
ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk
encephalic
ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk
ithyphallic
ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk
leptocephalic
ˌlɛptəʊsɪˈfælɪk
megacephalic
ˌmɛɡəsɪˈfælɪk
mesencephalic
ˌmɛsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
mesocephalic
ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk
metencephalic
ˌmɛtɛnsɪˈfælɪk
microcephalic
ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
orthocephalic
ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk
oxycephalic
ˌɒksɪsɪˈfælɪk
platycephalic
ˌplætɪsɪˈfælɪk
procephalic
ˌprəʊsɪˈfælɪk
prosencephalic
ˌprɒsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
rhinencephalic
ˌraɪnɛnsɪˈfælɪk
telencephalic
ˌtɛlɛnsɪˈfælɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACROCEPHALIC

macrobiotic
macrobiotics
macrocarpa
macrocephalia
macrocephalous
macrocephaly
macroclimate
macroclimatic
macroclimatically
macrocode
macrocopy
macrocosm
macrocosmic
macrocosmically
macrocycle
macrocyclic
macrocyst
macrocyte
macrocytic
macrocytosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACROCEPHALIC

acephalic
anencephalic
Daedalic
epencephalic
hydrocephalic
italic
malic
megalocephalic
mesaticephalic
myelencephalic
naphthalic
omphalic
pachalic
pashalic
salic
scaphocephalic
terephthalic
thalamencephalic
Uralic
zoocephalic

Synonyms and antonyms of macrocephalic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «macrocephalic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACROCEPHALIC

Find out the translation of macrocephalic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of macrocephalic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «macrocephalic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

macrocephalic
570 millions of speakers

English

macrocephalic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

macrocephalic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

macrocephalic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

macrocephalic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

macrocephalic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃহৎ মস্তকযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

macrocéphale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Makrosephalic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

macrocephalic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

macrocephalic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

macrocephalic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Macrocephalic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

macrocephalic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

macrocephalic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मॅक्रोसेफेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

makrosefalik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

macrocefalo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

macrocephalic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

macrocephalic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

macrocephalic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

macrocephalic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

macrocephalic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

macrocephalic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

macrocephalic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of macrocephalic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROCEPHALIC»

The term «macrocephalic» is used very little and occupies the 180.817 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACROCEPHALIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «macrocephalic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «macrocephalic» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about macrocephalic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACROCEPHALIC»

Discover the use of macrocephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to macrocephalic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Frontal Lobe Morphology in Macrocephalic and Normocephalic ...
Objective. The prevalence of macrocephaly (head circumference >97th percentile) is approximately seven fold greater in autistic individuals compared to controls.
Michael James Miller, 2007
2
Boar Reproduction: Fundamentals and New Biotechnological Trends
1 Macrocephalic spermatozoon with mitochondrial swelling (arrow). m1 Macrocephalic spermatozoon with folded tail; note the presence of a spermatozoon with crater defect and abaxial tail (triangle). m2 Spermatozoon with coiled tail at the ...
Sergi Bonet, Isabel Casas, William V Holt, 2013
3
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Association in autism: Twenty-four percent (24%) of autism probands were macrocephalic. Association with nonautistic relative: The rate of macrocephaly for parents is not provided. Familial resemblance: The resemblance was uncertain.
David Amaral, Daniel Geschwind, Geraldine Dawson, 2011
4
Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility: Integrating ...
Several other research groups have also shown that injection of sperm with macrocephalic heads results in low fertilization and pregnancy rates [89, 90]. Macrocephalic sperm have problems during meiosis I and II, resulting in failure of  ...
Douglas T. Carrell, C. Matthew Peterson, 2010
5
Aneuploidy: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
According to a study from France, “To study the chromosomal content of spermatozoa selected by intracytoplasmic morphologically selected sperm injection (IMSI) in cases of macrocephalic sperm head syndrome. Case report. Obstetrics ...
‎2012
6
Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Carabid Ground Beetles
8.2) of Chinese Procrustimorphi showing phylogenetic positions of three macrocephalic species 148 (Fig. 8.7) of Cratocechenus akinini elisabethae and Eotribax hiekei 145 (Fig. 8.3) of division Latitarsi 60 (Fig. 5.18) of division Lipastromorphi ...
Shōzō Ōsawa, Syozo Osawa, Z.-H. Su, 2004
7
Drug Abuse and Addiction in Medical Illness: Causes, ...
the macrocephalic autistic children having at least one macrocephalic parent, which suggests that there must be gene(s) which cause macrocephaly and also predispose to autism, and that non-autistic macrocephalic parents may be carrying ...
Joris C. Verster, Kathleen Brady, Marc Galanter, 2012
8
The Devil's Knee
Almost macrocephalic." She looked as if she'd just thought of something very ugly . “His press agent says it's packed full of ideas. Other people in the know say it's packed with conceit and larceny." Bea once-overed me again. “You're not angry ...
Irving Shulman, 2000
9
The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics
They examined specimens from a patient with shortened flagella syndrome, a patient with globozoospermia, a patient with spermatozoa with irregular acrosomes, and a patient with macrocephalic spermatozoa with associated multiple flagella ...
Steven Gersen, Martha B. Keagle, 2013
10
Urologic Surgical Pathology
12-113), (3) macrocephalic Sc + Sd spermatids whose DNA content suggests an anomaly in the first meiotic division, and (4) Sc + Sd spermatids with voluminous eosinophilic cytoplasmic droplets (syndrome of spermatozoa with short thick ...
David G. Bostwick, Liang Cheng, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MACROCEPHALIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term macrocephalic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spooky or Funny? Gaming's Weirdest Glitches
We had a whole screen's worth of options, and we could spend days massacring macrocephalic celebrities with infinite rounds of paintball ... «CBS Local, Oct 14»
2
Nuggets mascot in trouble for Republican rally appearance
... of that and instead choose to imagine an actual bipedal, macrocephalic cougar who wears his uniform to political rallies against the wishes of ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»
3
Why would someone invent a squirrel feeder shaped like a horse's …
It already had a giant squirrel head squirrel feeder on the market — hungry squirrels look macrocephalic while they eat — which David said ... «Washington Post, Apr 14»
4
Pipeline: Todd McFarlane, Spider-Man and Paul Schaeffer
Catching a ride home, on a macrocephalic Chance. It's another one of those repeated themes we'll see in the series: Spider-Man has a soft ... «Comic Book Resources, Mar 14»
5
The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone
... the haunting text is accompanied by Hixon's hallucinogenic collages of the macrocephalic, neotenous villains and victims in their hypnotically ... «Publishers Weekly, Jan 14»
6
Sparty plays frisbee with Zeke the Wonder Dog and it is wonderful
Michigan State's muscle-bound, macrocephalic mascot Sparty is a great mascot, but Zeke the Wonder Dog is even greater (to the point that I'd ... «SB Nation, Oct 13»
7
Keeping Up With the Hominins
Last week they brought me one with a huge head – was it a macrocephalic chipmunk, or a different species? SKULL 5 REWRITES THE ... «PLoS Blogs, Oct 13»
8
SMS Street by 50 ANC Review
They can make the smallest head appear macrocephalic. I much prefer the new design of the remastered Studio headphones from Beats. «Gadget Review, Oct 13»
9
The Alphabetical, Week 5: You don't need a plan to fire a man at the …
We are all doomed, and nothing can save us. Macrocephalic. Having a very large head, as in Bret Bielema in the most literal sense of the word. «SB Nation, Oct 13»
10
LeMons Engineering Success Story No. 139: Pabst Blue Racing's …
A macrocephalic screamin' eagle carrying a can of Pabst graces the driver's door. Sad dinosaur is sad, because he can't drink MKE products. «Car and Driver, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Macrocephalic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/macrocephalic>. Apr 2024 ».
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