microcephalous

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   having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

   “a nanocephalic dwarf”

   Synonymsmicrocephalicnanocephalic

Questions about microcephalous

What does microcephalous mean?

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

How many syllables are in microcephalous?

microcephalous has 5 syllables and divides as mi-cro-ce-pha-lous 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 microcephalous?

Close synonyms include microcephalic, 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.