nanocephalic

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   having an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

   “a nanocephalic dwarf”

   Synonymsmicrocephalicmicrocephalous

Questions about nanocephalic

What does nanocephalic mean?

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

How many syllables are in nanocephalic?

nanocephalic has 5 syllables: na-no-ce-pha-lic. The stress falls on "pha".

What is another word for nanocephalic?

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

nanocephalic 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.