microcephalic

[mahy-kroh-suh-fal-ik]

adjective Cephalometry, Pathology.

having a head with a small braincase.

Also mi·cro·ceph·a·lous

[mahy-kroh-sef-uh-luh s] /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈsɛf ə ləs/.

Origin of microcephalic

From the New Latin word microcephalicus, dating back to 1855–60. See micro-, cephalic

Related formsmi·cro·ceph·a·ly, noun

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Historical Examples of microcephalic

The satyrs are represented as being of the microcephalic type.
Pedagogical Anthropology
Maria Montessori
What mattered the microcephalic imaginings of greasy Dave and his friends among the chorus?
The Real Adventure
Henry Kitchell Webster
To-day, however, the terms macrocephalic and microcephalic have come to be reserved for pathological cases.
Pedagogical Anthropology
Maria Montessori
Mller had interested himself very much in microcephalic skulls and Virchow assisted him in the investigations of them.
Makers of Modern Medicine
James J. Walsh

Word Origin and History for microcephalic

adj.

"small-headed," 1845, from French microcéphalique, from Modern Latin microcephalus, from Greek mikros "small" (see mica) + kephale "head" (see cephalo-). Related: Microcephalism; microcephalous (1840); microcephaly (n.).