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Definition of Macrocephalic
1. Adjective. Having an exceptionally large head and brain.
Definition of Macrocephalic
1. Adjective. having an abnormally large head ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Macrocephalic
1. Macrocephalous Synonym: megacephalic. Origin: macro-+ G. Kephale, head (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macrocephalic
Literary usage of Macrocephalic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1895)
"The second most macrocephalic skull is of a Kabuli (1702). Eight skulls range
from 1410 cc to 1485 cc Five skulls have capacities between 1235 and 1275. ..."
2. Pedagogical Anthropology by Maria Montessori (1913)
"Microcephalic crania from 1150 cu. cm. downward To-day, however, the terms
macrocephalic and microcephalic have come to be reserved for pathological cases. ..."
3. The Recent Origin of Man: As Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science by James Cocke Southall (1875)
"Dr. Fitzinger has investigated the whole subject, and shows in a memoir in the
Imperial Academy of Vienna that the skulls are unquestionably macrocephalic, ..."
4. A Treatise on Mental Diseases by Henry Johns Berkley (1900)
"Microcephalic type of idiocy with local myxoedema 501 42. A high-grade idiot of
the moderate microcephalic class .... 503 43. An idiot of the macrocephalic ..."
5. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1861)
"In illustration of the origin of the Crimean macrocephalic crania, M. Rathke draws
attention to the notices of the ancient tribes who derived their name ..."
6. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1861)
"... specially requested him to note for me—should opportunity offer—the characteristics
of an ancient macrocephalic skull preserved there. ..."
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