microcephalic

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   having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

   “a nanocephalic dwarf”

   Synonymsmicrocephalousnanocephalic

Questions about microcephalic

What does microcephalic mean?

microcephalic means "having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain".

How many syllables are in microcephalic?

microcephalic has 5 syllables: mi-cro-ce-pha-lic. The stress falls on "pha".

What is another word for microcephalic?

Close synonyms include microcephalous, nanocephalic. 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 microcephalic a common word?

microcephalic 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.