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Macrocephaly

Definition: Macrocephaly

Macrocephaly

Noun

1. An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Macrocephaly

Synonyms: megacephaly (n), megalocephaly (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Macrocephaly

Specialty definitions using "macrocephaly": Proteus Syndrome. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Macrocephaly

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Health

Macrocephaly also may be inherited. (references)

Megalencephaly may lead to a condition called macrocephaly (defined later in this fact sheet). (references)

Although one form of macrocephaly may be associated with mental retardation, in approximately one-half of cases mental development is normal. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Macrocephaly

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

macrocephaly

28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Macrocephaly

Language Translations for "macrocephaly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Italian

  

macrocefalia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

acrocephalymay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

macrocefalie. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

macrocefalia (macrencephaly, megalencephaly). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

makrosefali, büyük beyinlilik. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Macrocephaly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-h-l-m-o-p-r-y"

-3 letters: cyclorama.

-4 letters: amphorae, amphoral, caracole, charcoal, claymore, cochlear, cromlech, pharmacy.

-5 letters: acaleph, acerola, alchemy, amphora, armhole, caloyer, cameral, camphol, camphor, caporal, caracol, caramel, caroach, caroche, carpale, ceramal, champac, champer, charley, charpoy, cheaply, cholera, chomper, chorale, choreal, chromyl, clamper, cloacae, coacher, cochlea, compare, coracle, crayola, eparchy, ephoral, epochal, lamprey, mayoral, maypole, palmary, palmyra, peccary, poacher, polymer, preachy, prelacy, rampole.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Macrocephaly


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 63 72 6F 63 65 70 68 61 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01100011 01110010 01101111 01100011 01100101 01110000 01101000 01100001 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#99 &#114 &#111 &#99 &#101 &#112 &#104 &#97 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0063 0072 006F 0063 0065 0070 0068 0061 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

476769848169718274677891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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