megalocephaly
[meg″ah-lo-sef´ah-le] abnormally increased size of the head; called also
macrocephaly. adj.,
adj megalocephal´ic.
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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.
[mega- + G. kephalē, head]
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megalocephaly
(mĕg′ə-lō-sĕf′ə-lē)
meg′a·lo·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk), meg′a·lo·ceph′a·lous (-sĕf′ə-ləs) 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.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
megalocephaly
Big-headedness; macrocephaly is in wider useMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
meg·a·ceph·a·ly
(meg'ă-sef'ă-lē) [mega- + G. kephalē, head]
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