macrocephalus
See also: Macrocephalus
English
editNoun
editmacrocephalus
- (medicine) The condition of having an abnormally large head.
- 1889 April 6, Frederick Peterson, “Cranial measurements in twenty cases of infantile cerebral hemiplegia”, in The New York Medical Journal:
- Benedikt called attention to the frequency of leptocephalus and macrocephalus in hemiplegia and paraplegia spastica infantilis, and to the frequency of asymmetry in the first-mentioned disease.
- 1894 April 7, Medical Record, page 435:
- He had collected thirty-three cases of craniotomy for idiocy and macrocephalus, and found that the results were always negative.
- 2007, G.A. Taylor, S.T. Treves, Pediatric Nuclear Medicine/PET:
- A radionuclide salivagram of a 4-year-old girl with recurrent lung infections, macrocephalus, psychomotor retardation, and seizure disorder was obtained due to suspected aspiration.
Synonyms
editLatin
editEtymology
editNew Latin; from Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós, “big”) + κεφάλη (kephálē, “head”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ma.kroˈke.pʰa.lus/, [mäkrɔˈkɛpʰäɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.kroˈt͡ʃe.fa.lus/, [mäkroˈt͡ʃɛːfälus]
Adjective
editmacrocephalus (feminine macrocephala, neuter macrocephalum); first/second-declension adjective
- (New Latin) having a large head; macrocephalous
Usage notes
edit- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | macrocephalus | macrocephala | macrocephalum | macrocephalī | macrocephalae | macrocephala | |
Genitive | macrocephalī | macrocephalae | macrocephalī | macrocephalōrum | macrocephalārum | macrocephalōrum | |
Dative | macrocephalō | macrocephalō | macrocephalīs | ||||
Accusative | macrocephalum | macrocephalam | macrocephalum | macrocephalōs | macrocephalās | macrocephala | |
Ablative | macrocephalō | macrocephalā | macrocephalō | macrocephalīs | |||
Vocative | macrocephale | macrocephala | macrocephalum | macrocephalī | macrocephalae | macrocephala |
Derived terms
edit- Atopochilus macrocephalus
- Cebus apella macrocephalus
- Clarias macrocephalus
- Cnidoglanis macrocephalus
- Conger macrocephalus
- Cyperus macrocephalus
- Gadus macrocephalus
- Gobius macrocephalus
- Gonocephalus macrocephalus
- Hypalastoroides macrocephalus
- Kryptopterus macrocephalus
- Leporinus macrocephalus
- Limnonectes macrocephalus
- Macrocephalites macrocephalus
- Melamphaes macrocephalus
- Mogrus macrocephalus
- Mormyrus macrocephalus
- Mylio macrocephalus
- Oreopanax macrocephalus
- Pennahia macrocephalus
- Physeter macrocephalus
- Pontinus macrocephalus
- Pothos macrocephalus
- Psychrolutes macrocephalus
- Ptilotus macrocephalus
- Scleropages macrocephalus
- Sinocyclocheilus macrocephalus
- Synodus macrocephalus
- Tachyoryctes macrocephalus
- Uropterygius macrocephalus
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