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microcephaly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | microcephalus, nanocephaly |
| Type of | abnormalcy, abnormality |
| Derivation | microcephalic, microcephalous |
Examples of microcephaly
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Babies could be born with microcephaly, with tiny heads and mental disabilities.
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Children with microcephaly are severely retarded and their life expectancy is low.
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Several genes mutated in human primary microcephaly encode key centrosome proteins.
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The only way to explain the discrepancy, the team believes, is microcephaly.
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An MRI of brain of patient with severe form of microcephaly compared to a control subject.
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The study began by focusing on two related children who were diagnosed with microcephaly.
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Microcephaly is common, affecting more than 25,000 infants in the United States each year.
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Microcephaly may be obvious at birth or may develop in early childhood.
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Although they are abnormally small and have microcephaly, most major tissues are present.
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- An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
- Microcephaly is a neurodevelopmental disorder in which the circumference of the head is more than two standard deviations smaller than average for the person's age and sex. Microcephaly may be congenital or it may develop in the first few years of life. ...
- Head circumference that is smaller than normal because the brain has not developed properly or has stopped growing; most often caused by genetic abnormalities
- An abnormally small head due to failure of brain growth. In precise terms, microcephaly is a head circumference that is more than 2 standard deviations below the normal mean for age, sex, race, and gestation. (Some authorities define microcephaly as more than 3 standard deviations below the mean.)
- (microkefali) - A condition in which the brain is not fully developed and the head is very small in relation to the rest of the body.
- Small head circumference. Head circumference is an indirect measure of brain size.
- A condition, present at birth, in which the head is much smaller than normal for an infant of that age and gender.
- Abnormal smallness of the head (often accompanied by microencephaly) that results in a lack of stimulus for the head vault to grow. Microcephalic children are usually mentally and developmentally retarded.
- Microcephaly is a symptom usually found in association with other disorders. It is characterized by poor growth of the entire brain and an abnormally small head (more than 2 deviations from the normal circumference). ...
