Megalocephaly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Megalocephalia \Meg`a*lo*ce*pha"li*a\, Megalocephaly
  \Meg`a*lo*ceph"a*ly\, n. [NL. megalocephalia, fr. Gr. ? having a
     large head.] (Med.)
     The condition of having an abnormally large head; called also
     {megacephaly}. -- {Meg`a*lo*ce*phal"ic}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  megalocephaly
       n : an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because
           there is no increased intracranial pressure and the
           overgrowth is symmetrical [syn: {macrocephaly}, {megacephaly}]