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Synonyms for microcephaly
ˌmaɪ kroʊˈsɛf ə limi·cro·cepha·ly
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Wiktionary
microcephalynoun
Synonyms:
microcephalism, microcephaliamicrocephalynoun
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Synonyms:
microcephalia, microcephalism
Princeton's WordNet
microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephalynoun
an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain
Synonyms:
microcephalus, nanocephaly
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
microcephaly
Synonyms:
Microencephaly
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As I understand the conversations that I had with Dr. Valencia he was going in the opposite direction [of the CDC] — that the child must have microcephaly before he’s considered to be affected.
The third possibility that we want to investigate is that certain genes predispose the child to microcephaly, and they are altered by the presence of the Zika virus.
We don't know yet if this virus crosses the placenta and generates or causes microcephaly. We think it plays a role. There's no doubt about that.
There have been a small number of cases of microcephaly connected to a previous outbreak of Zika in the Polynesian Islands.
It's very frightening. I'm worried my daughter will have microcephaly, my neighborhood is poor and full of mosquitoes, trash and has no running water. Five of my neighbors have Zika.
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