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microcephalus

n. 1 An abnormally small head 2 A person suffering from microcephaly

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microcephalus

n. an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain [syn: microcephaly, nanocephaly]

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Microcephalus (genus)

Microcephalus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

  • Microcephalus affinis Tschitscherine, 1898
  • Microcephalus amplicollis Chaudoir, 1852
  • Microcephalus bolivianus Tschitscherine, 1898
  • Microcephalus catharinae Tschitscherine, 1898
  • Microcephalus depressicollis Dejean, 1828
  • Microcephalus festivus Tschitscherine, 1898
  • Microcephalus kaszabi (Straneo, 1959)
  • Microcephalus magnificus (Lutshnik, 1935)
  • Microcephalus minor Chaudoir, 1852
  • Microcephalus niger (Straneo, 1956)
  • Microcephalus orientalis (Straneo, 1951)
  • Microcephalus paraguayensis (Straneo, 1951)
  • Microcephalus peruanus (Lutshnik, 1931)
  • Microcephalus subsinuatus (Straneo, 1956)
  • Microcephalus superbus Tschitscherine, 1898

Usage examples of "microcephalus".

Since these responses are entirely, or almost entirely, lacking in microcephali and in children born deaf, they are not purely reflexive, like sneezing, e.

The number of brains of microcephali that have been examined with reference to this point is very small, although their scientific value, after thorough-going observation of the possessors of them during life, is immense.