microencephalyn.
/ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛnˈsɛfəli/, /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛnˈsɛfl̩i/, /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛnˈkɛfəli/, /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛnˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˌɛnˈsɛfəli/; see also -cephaly comb. form. Medicine.
The condition of having a small brain (often associated with microcephaly).
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1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Micrencephaly, general smallness of the brain, usually accompanied by unnatural smallness of the cranium or Micro-cephaly, but sometimes coexistent with a natural-sized or enlarged skull, as in hydrocephalus.
1963 Science 4 Oct. 73/2 Some evidence of micro-encephaly in the offspring of mothers who were in the first trimester at the time of [radiation] exposure.
1964 S. Duke-Elder Parsons' Dis. Eye (ed. 14) xix. 265 Other congenital anomalies occur in association with the cataract, particularly congenital heart disease.., micrencephaly, [etc.].
1989 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 1238/1 Children with the fetal alcohol syndrome exhibit prenatal and postnatal growth deficiency, mental retardation, microencephaly, [etc.].
1993 Acta Neuropathologica 86 536/1 Post-mortem examination of the brain revealed micrencephaly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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