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What does macrocephaly mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) A condition in which the head is abnormally large.
  2. (geography) The excessive concentration of population and development in a single centre, to the detriment of other areas.
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If we find a circumference greater than normal, we are beginning to enter upon the anomaly which goes by the name of macrocephaly.
Clinical findings during early childhood may include macrocephaly and frontal bossing.
A 2-year-old boy presented with macrocephaly, initially suspected to be due to hydrocephalus.
They associated lower numbers of DUF1220 with microcephaly, when the brain is too small and larger amounts with macrocephaly, when the brain is abnormally large.
Measurement of the head circumference is vital to detect associated microcephaly or macrocephaly.
Macrocephaly and frontal bossing can also be found in the first year of life, which causes the typical face appearance in patients with this disease.

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