megacephaly

What does megacephaly mean?

megacephaly means "an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical".

How many syllables are in megacephaly?

megacephaly has 5 syllables and divides as me-ga-ce-pha-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for megacephaly?

Close synonyms include macrocephaly, megalocephaly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is megacephaly a common word?

megacephaly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for megacephaly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.