MEGALOCEPHALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does megalocephaly mean? 

• MEGALOCEPHALY (noun)
  The noun MEGALOCEPHALY has 1 sense:

1. an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGALOCEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

macrocephaly; megacephaly; megalocephaly

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

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

 Context examples 

Spongy degeneration of central nervous system , spongy degeneration of white matter a rare hereditary form of leukodystrophy of early onset in which widespread demyelination and vacuolation of cerebral white matter gives it a spongy appearance; there is mental retardation, megalocephaly, atony of neck muscles, limb spasticity, and blindness, with death in infancy.

(Canavan Disease, NICHD)