microcephalic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of microcephalic
From the New Latin word microcephalicus, dating back to 1855–60. See micro-, cephalic
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“There was such great concern about the prospect of a microcephalic baby after a transfusion transmission that Zika testing was implemented without any formalized risk-based decision-making,” Katz says.
From Nature ● Sep. 26, 2017
When she and her husband Jaime, 47, an unemployed mine-machinery operator, learned that their unborn daughter was microcephalic, they requested what is here called “pregnancy interruption.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2016
Though 80 to 90 percent of cases are thankfully mild, 1 to 13 percent of infected pregnant women will have microcephalic babies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2016
More than 7,000 babies with neurological malformations, including the now-familiar small microcephalic heads, have been born in Brazil since the Zika virus began its rampage in 2015.
From US News ● Jul. 7, 2016
Magitot reported a case of a microcephalic woman of thirty who weighed 70 pounds.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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