macrocephalic

Also mac·ro·ceph·a·lous

[mak-roh-suh-fal-ik]

adjective

1. Cephalometry.,  being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.

2. Craniometry.,  being or having a skull with a large cranial capacity.

Other Word Forms

• macrocephaly noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of macrocephalic¹

1850–55; < Greek makroképhal ( os ) large-headed ( macro-, -cephalous ) + -ic

Example Sentences

In about a month — after much fine-tuning of a mold — the company e-mailed back a photo of a miniature, macrocephalic Stew dribbling a basketball.

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These women had frequent abortions, often produced deaf-mutes, and very frequently macrocephalic children.

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Besides babies up till the age of six months only resemble macrocephalic idiots....

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This ependyma is the histologic factor of the enormous weight of macrocephalic brains.

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In a macrocephalic case coming under the observation of Kiernan, of Chicago, in which the brain weighed 68 ounces, the ependyma was five times the normal thickness.

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