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Meaning of "microcephalic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MICROCEPHALIC

microcephalic  [ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MICROCEPHALIC

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

WHAT DOES MICROCEPHALIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Microcephaly

Microcephaly is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It is an important neurologic sign but there is nonuniformity in the definition of microcephaly. It is usually defined as a head circumference more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender. Some academics advocate defining it as head circumference more than 3 standard deviations below the mean for the age and sex. Microcephaly may be congenital or it may develop in the first few years of life. The disorder may stem from a wide variety of conditions that cause abnormal growth of the brain, or from syndromes associated with chromosomal abnormalities. A homozygous mutation in one of the microcephalin genes causes primary microcephaly. In general, life expectancy for individuals with microcephaly is reduced and the prognosis for normal brain function is poor. The prognosis varies depending on the presence of associated abnormalities.

Definition of microcephalic in the English dictionary

The definition of microcephalic in the dictionary is having an abnormally small head or cranial capacity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MICROCEPHALIC


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MICROCEPHALIC

microcap
microcapsule
microcar
microcard
microcassette
microcelebrities
microcelebrity
microcephal
microcephalous
microcephaly
microchemical
microchemistry
microchip
microchipped
microchipping
microcircuit
microcircuitry
microclimate
microclimatic
microclimatically

WORDS THAT END LIKE MICROCEPHALIC

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

Synonyms and antonyms of microcephalic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «microcephalic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MICROCEPHALIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

microcephalic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

microcephalic
570 millions of speakers

English

microcephalic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

microcephalic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صغر الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

microcephalic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

microcefálicos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

microcephalic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

microcephalic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Microcephalic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mikrozephale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小頭症の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

microcephalic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Microcephalic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

microcephalic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

microcephalic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मायक्रोसेफेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mikrosefalik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

microcefalo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

microcephalic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

microcephalic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

microcephalic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μικροκεφαλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

microcephalic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

microcephalic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

microcephalic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of microcephalic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCEPHALIC»

The term «microcephalic» is normally little used and occupies the 145.462 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MICROCEPHALIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «microcephalic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «microcephalic» 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 microcephalic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MICROCEPHALIC»

Discover the use of microcephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to microcephalic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fossil Chronicles: How Two Controversial Discoveries ...
of LB1's endocast were from only one endocast of a modern microcephalic. (As just one example, the front end of Weber and his colleagues' endocast, shown in the middle of the top row of figure 19, is expanded and curved downward, ...
Dean Falk, 2011
2
International Review of Research in Mental Retardation
Although there are no published estimations on the number of developmentally disabled with microcephaly, there are studies on the number of microcephalic individuals who are developmentally disabled. Estimations of the prevalence of ...
‎1997
3
Syndromes of the Head and Neck
Majewski F, Goecke T: Studies of microcephalic primordial dwarfism. I: Approach to a delineation of the Seckel syndrome. Am J Med Genet 12:7–21, 1982. 45. Majewski F, Goecke T: Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II:  ...
M.S. D.Sc. Regents' Professor Emeritus of Oral Pathology and Genetics at School of Dentistry Robert J. Gorlin D.D.S, D.M.D. M. Michael Cohen Jr., Ph.D. Professor Oral Pathology Faculty of Denistry, Ph.D. Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics Raoul C.M. Hennekam M.D., Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam, 2001
4
Fetal Radiology: A Diagnostic Atlas
3 Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism, Type 1 MIM 210710 3 Microcephalic Osteodysplastic Primordial Dwarfism, Type 2 MIM 210720 3. Synonym: MOPD-1 Osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism, type 1, Taybi-Linder syndrome, ...
Reinhard Schumacher, Laurie H. Seaver, Jürgen Spranger, 2011
5
The Zippy Annual: A Millennial Melange of Microcephalic ...
Here, all Griffith's hilarious strips from 1998 to 1999 are collected together to guide us into the 21st century.
Bill Griffith, 2000
6
The Human Lineage
Microcephaly is correlated with cranial stenosis (premature closure and obliteration of the cranial sutures), which results in an abnormally small cranial vault and brain and usually produces mental retardation. In microcephalic modern humans ...
Matt Cartmill, Fred H. Smith, 2011
7
The Emergence of Humans: An Exploration of the Evolutionary ...
(Australian National University) carried out anatomical comparisons of the LB1 skull with those of ancient fossil hominins, Homo habilis, ergaster and erectus as well as skulls from microcephalic modern humans, including one individual dated  ...
Patricia J. Ash, David J. Robinson, 2011
8
Freakery: Cultural Spectacles of the Extraordinary Body
Vogt writes, "the intellectual abilities [of the microcephalic] are those of the ape in every respect, from the expressions of will to the understanding of external objects, to comprehension, to articulated language (which is in no way used by these ...
Rosemarie Garland Thomson, 1996
9
Dwarfism: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2012 ...
Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism (MOPD) is a rare microlissencephaly syndrome, with at least two distinct phenotypic and genetic types. MOPD type II is caused by pericentrin mutations, while types I and III appear to ...
‎2012
10
Patient in the Womb
Sixteen of the 28 infants were microcephalic and mentally retarded. This unusually high incidence of microcephaly constituted strong presumptive evidence that the anomalies were radiation-induced. Other abnormalities observed included ...
Erminio Peter Volpe, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MICROCEPHALIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term microcephalic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Neil Young + Promise of the Real tops this week's new music
And the passionate urgency of his message and his delivery are a welcome change to the microcephalic vapidity and deliberately ... «Toronto Sun, Jun 15»
2
Critics question CCA jail operation idea
The child was born with a microcephalic condition and "significant heart issues," the suit states. CCA has denied wrongdoing and denied the woman was ... «CorrectionsOne, Jun 15»
3
'American Horror Story' Season 5 'Hotel': Another AHS Alum Teases …
Naomi Grossman, who played microcephalic Pepper in two seasons of “American Horror Story,” has said that there is a chance that she would ... «International Business Times AU, May 15»
4
'American Horror Story' Alum Naomi Grossman To Join Cast Of …
Grossman played microcephalic character Pepper in seasons 2 and 4 of the show. "Don't get me wrong, I could do Pepper forever," the actress ... «Fashion & Style, May 15»
5
Short Fiction By: Oliver Zarandi
I currently live with two women with microcephalic idiocy. They have heads like birds. I can fit their entire skull into my hands like a haggis. «The Quietus, Apr 15»
6
'American Horror Story' Alum Naomi Grossman Talks Jessica …
Despite being indebted to her microcephalic character Pepper, the actress admitted that she is ready to give life to another role. "Don't get me ... «Fashion & Style, Mar 15»
7
Naomi Grossman of 'American Horror Story' speaks about Ben Woolf
A microcephalic is also known as a “pinhead”, because people with this disorder have heads shaped like a pin. Inside their small heads is also ... «Examiner.com, Feb 15»
8
MedWatch: Understanding Concussions
The microcephalic mentality school board had never even bothered to have campus security on the premises. The one student who survived ... «9&10 News, Feb 15»
9
Here's How 'American Horror Story' Pulled Off Its 3 Most Shocking …
Everyone's favorite microcephalic, Pepper, also had some facial prosthetics to create her signature “pinhead” look. However, the “AHS” crew ... «MTV.com, Jan 15»
10
'American Horror Story's' Pepper, Aka Naomi Grossman, Is A Real …
Naomi Grossman quickly became the breakout star of 2014 with her captivating performance as Pepper, a microcephalic sufferer with a very ... «Headlines & Global News, Jan 15»

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