Macrocephaly

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

  macrocephaly \macrocephaly\ n.
     THe condition of having an unusually large head; it differs
     from {hydrocephalus} because there is no increase
     intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical.
  
     Syn: megacephaly, megalocephaly.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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