noun
definition
A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.
Examples of microcephaly in a Sentence
Some scientists say that LB1 is merely a short modern human with a brain disorder called microcephaly.
Commonly, the fore-brain fails to divide into lobes or hemispheres (holoprosencephaly), and the entire head is unusually small (microcephaly).
They also have unusual facial features, poor muscle tone (hypotonia), small head size (microcephaly), and mental retardation.
Infants with cri du chat also typically have low birth weight, slow growth, a small head (microcephaly), and poor muscle tone (hypotonia).
Microcephaly (small head size) is common.
The opposite condition, microcephaly, may be caused by failure of the brain to develop or by intrauterine infection, drug toxicity, or brain trauma.