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Megalocephaly

Definition: Megalocephaly

Megalocephaly

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: Megalocephaly

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

Non-Fiction Usage: Megalocephaly

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Symptoms of Canavan disease, which appear in early infancy and progress rapidly, may include mental retardation, loss of previously acquired motor skills, feeding difficulties, abnormal muscle tone (i.e., floppiness or stiffness), poor head control, and megalocephaly (abnormally enlarged head). (references)
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Modern Translations: Megalocephaly

Language		Translations for "megalocephaly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Turkish		büyük kafalılık. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Megalocephaly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-h-l-l-m-o-p-y"
	-4 letters: epochally, hypallage.
	-5 letters: acalephe, agalloch, allogamy, hypogeal, phyllome, polygala.
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Alternative Orthography: Megalocephaly

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

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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)

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