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MACRENCEPHALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does macrencephaly mean? 

MACRENCEPHALY (noun)
  The noun MACRENCEPHALY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormally large braincaseplay

  Familiarity information: MACRENCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MACRENCEPHALY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormally large braincase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("macrencephaly" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Derivation:

macrencephalic; macrencephalous (having a large brain case)


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