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Synonyms for microcephaly
ˌmaɪ kroʊˈsɛf ə limi·cro·cepha·ly

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  1. microcephalynoun

    Synonyms:
    microcephalism, microcephalia

  2. microcephalynoun

    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 WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephalynoun

    an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

    Synonyms:
    microcephalus, nanocephaly

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. microcephaly

    Synonyms:
    Microencephaly

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  1. Jose Cordero:

    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.

  2. Mayana Zatz:

    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.

  3. Marcos Espinal:

    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.

  4. Anthony Fauci:

    There have been a small number of cases of microcephaly connected to a previous outbreak of Zika in the Polynesian Islands.

  5. Elisangela Barros:

    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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