macrencephaly, macrencephalia

macrencephaly, macrencephalia
Hypertrophy of the brain; the condition of having a large brain. [macro- + G. enkephalos, brain]

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Macrencephaly — (from Greek makros big, large and enkephalos brain) is a condition present at or soon after birth in which the brain is abnormally large. Generally this is the case when its measures are statistically more than 97% of the population.The brain can …   Wikipedia

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