microcephalousadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/,

/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfələs/, U.S.

/ˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfələs/; see also -cephalous comb. form.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin microcephalus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin microcephalus (see microcephalus n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier macrocephalous adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (məikrose·făləs) /maɪkrəʊˈsɛfələs/.

1. Small-headed; (Medicine and Physical Anthropology) having an abnormally small head; characterized by microcephaly; microcephalic.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types

short-headed1802

beloid1833

microcephalous1840

platycephalous1846

long-skulled1847

round-headed1847

brachycephalic1849

dolichocephalic1849

acrocephalic1855

megacephalous1857

microcephalic1857

cymbocephalic1861

macrocephalous1861

platycephalic1861

macrocephalic1863

phaenozygous1863

dolichocephalous1864

homoeocephalic1866

mecistocephalic1866

mecocephalic1866

mesocephalic1866

orthocephalic1866

stenocephalic1866

cryptozygous1867

megalocephalic1868

aphanozygous1871

brachycephalous1872

orthocephalous1872

mesaticephalic1873

plagiocephalic1873

plagiocephalic1874

mesaticephalous1876

mesorrhine1877

platyrrhine1877

cylindro-cephalic1878

eurycephalic1878

hypsistenocephalic1878

megaseme1878

mesoseme1878

microseme1878

oxycephalic1878

oxyklinocephalic1878

platybasic1878

pyrgocephalic1878

tapinocephalic1878

megacephalic1879

hypsiconchous1885

mesoconchous1885

chamaeprosopic1886

leptocephalic1886

mesorrhinian1887

long-headed1888

tectocephalic1888

mecistocephalous1890

megalocephalous1890

plagiocephalous1890

mesocephal1891

stegoid1894

brachycranial1902

chamaecephalic1902

chamaeconchic1902

chamaecranial1902

macrocranial1902

platycranial1902

stenocranial1904

mesoconch1905

mesoconchic1909

hypsiconch1920

Lapponoid1939

hypsiconchic1960

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of skull

microcephalic1857

thlipsencephalous1860

microcephalous1871

klinocephalic1878

trigonocephalic1878

trochocephalic1878

iniencephalic1893

1840 B. H. Smart Walker's Crit. Pronouncing Dict. Microcephalous, little-headed, applied to the beryx, [a] fossil fish.

1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. iv. 121 The arrested brain-development of microcephalous idiots.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) iv. 34 Before I would marry one of those bedizened and microcephalous playthings.

1909 Daily Chron. 22 Feb. 4/7 Unless you are a microcephalous idiot, you are either Audile, Motile, or Visile.

1986 M. Hoffmann Acrimony i 35 Brazen starlings and pigeons..go over what is left. Rough-necked, microcephalous, they have too much white on their bodies, like calcium defectives.

†2. Botany. Of a plant: having flowers disposed in small clusters (heads). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Microcephalus, applied to a plant that has the flowers disposed in small heads, as Seridia microcephala, Eryngium microcephalum:..microcephalous.

1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Microcephalous, applied to a plant that has the flowers disposed in small heads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	microcephalous
释义	microcephalousadj. Brit. /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfələs/, /ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfələs/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈsɛfələs/; see also -cephalous comb. form. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin microcephalus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin microcephalus (see microcephalus n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier macrocephalous adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (məikrose·făləs) /maɪkrəʊˈsɛfələs/. 1. Small-headed; (Medicine and Physical Anthropology) having an abnormally small head; characterized by microcephaly; microcephalic. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types short-headed1802 beloid1833 microcephalous1840 platycephalous1846 long-skulled1847 round-headed1847 brachycephalic1849 dolichocephalic1849 acrocephalic1855 megacephalous1857 microcephalic1857 cymbocephalic1861 macrocephalous1861 platycephalic1861 macrocephalic1863 phaenozygous1863 dolichocephalous1864 homoeocephalic1866 mecistocephalic1866 mecocephalic1866 mesocephalic1866 orthocephalic1866 stenocephalic1866 cryptozygous1867 megalocephalic1868 aphanozygous1871 brachycephalous1872 orthocephalous1872 mesaticephalic1873 plagiocephalic1873 plagiocephalic1874 mesaticephalous1876 mesorrhine1877 platyrrhine1877 cylindro-cephalic1878 eurycephalic1878 hypsistenocephalic1878 megaseme1878 mesoseme1878 microseme1878 oxycephalic1878 oxyklinocephalic1878 platybasic1878 pyrgocephalic1878 tapinocephalic1878 megacephalic1879 hypsiconchous1885 mesoconchous1885 chamaeprosopic1886 leptocephalic1886 mesorrhinian1887 long-headed1888 tectocephalic1888 mecistocephalous1890 megalocephalous1890 plagiocephalous1890 mesocephal1891 stegoid1894 brachycranial1902 chamaecephalic1902 chamaeconchic1902 chamaecranial1902 macrocranial1902 platycranial1902 stenocranial1904 mesoconch1905 mesoconchic1909 hypsiconch1920 Lapponoid1939 hypsiconchic1960 the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of skull microcephalic1857 thlipsencephalous1860 microcephalous1871 klinocephalic1878 trigonocephalic1878 trochocephalic1878 iniencephalic1893 1840 B. H. Smart Walker's Crit. Pronouncing Dict. Microcephalous, little-headed, applied to the beryx, [a] fossil fish. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. iv. 121 The arrested brain-development of microcephalous idiots. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures (1878) iv. 34 Before I would marry one of those bedizened and microcephalous playthings. 1909 Daily Chron. 22 Feb. 4/7 Unless you are a microcephalous idiot, you are either Audile, Motile, or Visile. 1986 M. Hoffmann Acrimony i 35 Brazen starlings and pigeons..go over what is left. Rough-necked, microcephalous, they have too much white on their bodies, like calcium defectives. †2. Botany. Of a plant: having flowers disposed in small clusters (heads). Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Microcephalus, applied to a plant that has the flowers disposed in small heads, as Seridia microcephala, Eryngium microcephalum:..microcephalous. 1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Microcephalous, applied to a plant that has the flowers disposed in small heads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1840
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