Medical term:
macrocephaly
macrocephaly
[mak″ro-sef´ah-le]megalocephaly. adj., adj macroceph´ous.
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meg·a·ceph·a·ly
(meg'ă-sef'ă-lē),A condition, either congenital or acquired, in which the head is abnormally large; usually applied to an adult cranium with a capacity of over 1450 mL.
Synonym(s): leontiasis ossea, macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megacephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia, Virchow disease
[mega- + G. kephalē, head]
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macrocephaly
(măk′rō-sĕf′ə-lē) alsomacrocephalia
(-sə-fā′lē-ə, -fāl′yə)n.
Abnormal largeness of the head. Also called megacephaly, megalocephaly.
mac′ro·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk), mac′ro·ceph′a·lous adj.
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macrocephaly
An abnormally large head and/or brain; in children, macrocephaly is defined as an occipitofrontal circumference of > 3 SD ≥ the mean.DiffDx—non-hydrocephalic causes of macrocephaly
Benign familial form (siblings also have large heads), achondroplasia, Banayan syndrome, cerebral gigantism (with macrosomia or Sotos syndrome), cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita, fragile X syndrome, Klippel-Trenauny-Weber syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis, neurofibromatosis, Weaver syndrome.
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macrocephaly
↑ head circumference, megalocephaly Pediatrics An abnormally big head/brain; in children, macrocephaly is defined as an occipitofrontal circumference of > 3 SD ≥ the mean; in adults, macrocephaly is any brain weighing > 1800 g, due to expansion of any subdural component–eg, cerebral tissue, liquid, blood, tumor or storage disease DiffDx–non-hydrocephalic causes Benign familial form–sibs also have large heads, achondroplasia, Banayan syndrome, cerebral gigantism–with macrosomia or Sotos syndrome, cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita, fragile X syndrome, Klippel-Trenauny-Weber syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis, neurofibromatosis, Weaver syndromeMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
meg·a·ceph·a·ly
(meg'ă-sef'ă-lē)A condition, either congenital or acquired, in which the head is abnormally large; usually applied to an adult cranium with a capacity of over 1450 mL.
Synonym(s): macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia.
Synonym(s): macrocephaly, macrocephalia, megalocephaly, megalocephalia.
[mega- + G. kephalē, head]
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