macrocephalus

See also: Macrocephalus

English

Noun

macrocephalus

1. (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally large head.
   • 1889 April 6, Frederick Peterson, “Cranial measurements in twenty cases of infantile cerebral hemiplegia”, in The New York Medical Journal:

     Benedikt called attention to the frequency of leptocephalus and macrocephalus in hemiplegia and paraplegia spastica infantilis, and to the frequency of asymmetry in the first-mentioned disease.

   • 1894 April 7, Medical Record, page 435:

     He had collected thirty-three cases of craniotomy for idiocy and macrocephalus, and found that the results were always negative.

   • 2007, G.A. Taylor, S.T. Treves, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET:

     A radionuclide salivagram of a 4-year-old girl with recurrent lung infections, macrocephalus, psychomotor retardation, and seizure disorder was obtained due to suspected aspiration.

Synonyms

• macrocephaly

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Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.kroˈke.pʰa.lus/, [mäkrɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.kroˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [mäkroˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]

Adjective

macrocephalus (feminine macrocephala, neuter macrocephalum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) having a large head; macrocephalous

Usage notes

• Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	macrocephalus	macrocephala	macrocephalum		macrocephalī	macrocephalae	macrocephala
Genitive	macrocephalī	macrocephalae	macrocephalī		macrocephalōrum	macrocephalārum	macrocephalōrum
Dative	macrocephalō		macrocephalō		macrocephalīs
Accusative	macrocephalum	macrocephalam	macrocephalum		macrocephalōs	macrocephalās	macrocephala
Ablative	macrocephalō	macrocephalā	macrocephalō		macrocephalīs
Vocative	macrocephale	macrocephala	macrocephalum		macrocephalī	macrocephalae	macrocephala

Derived terms

• Physeter macrocephalus