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NANOCEPHALY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nanocephaly mean?
• NANOCEPHALY (noun)
The noun NANOCEPHALY has 1 sense:
1. an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
Familiarity information: NANOCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
microcephalus; microcephaly; nanocephaly
Hypernyms ("nanocephaly" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Derivation:
nanocephalic (having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain)
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