micrencephaly

micrencephaly: \\-lē\ noun (-es)
Etymology: New Latin micrencephalia, from micr- + -encephalia -encephaly

: the condition of having an abnormally small brain

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micrencephaly Path.
(maɪkrɛnˈsɛfəlɪ)

[f. Gr. µῑκρό-ς small + ἐγκέϕαλος brain.]

General smallness of the brain, sometimes, but not necessarily accompanied by microcephaly (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1890). Hence micrenceˈphalic a., of or belonging to micrencephaly (Ibid.). micrenˈcephalous a., small-brained; having a small brain (Cent. Dict. 1890).

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