colpocephaly

English

Etymology

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Noun

colpocephaly (uncountable)

1. A cephalic disorder involving the disproportionate enlargement of the occipital horns of the lateral ventricles.
   • 2015 July 25, Jason Bennett Neal, Christopher G. Filippi, Richard Mayeux, “Morphometric variability of neuroimaging features in Children with Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum”, in BMC Neurology‎^[1], volume 15, →DOI:

     Compared to individuals with hypoplasia or dysplasia of the corpus callosum, individuals with CAG showed a significantly greater frequency of isolated corpus callosum abnormalities (without associated central nervous system defects), hippocampal anomalies, Probst bundles, and colpocephaly.