Synonyms for microcephaly
ˌmaɪ kroʊˈsɛf ə limi·cro·cepha·ly

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1. microcephalynoun

   Synonyms:
   microcephalism, microcephalia

2. microcephalynoun

   A neurological disorder in which the person affected has an abnormally small head due to a failure of brain growth.

   Synonyms:
   microcephalia, microcephalism

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1. microcephaly, microcephalus, nanocephalynoun

   an abnormally small head and underdeveloped brain

   Synonyms:
   microcephalus, nanocephaly

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1. microcephaly

   Synonyms:
   Microencephaly

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1. Elias Melo:

   Half of my 50 patients had Zika-like symptoms at some stage of their pregnancy, not one of them had a child born with microcephaly.

2. Jeremy Farrar:

   This is particularly true for Zika, where so much is still unknown about the virus, how it is spread and the possible link with microcephaly.

3. Gary Barker:

   There needs to be an understanding that a baby being born with microcephaly is an event that is going to increase the chance the father's not going to stick around and he's going to need some extra hand holding.

4. Elmer Mendoza:

   She is well ... We know that it is moderate microcephaly, zika came out positive.

5. Health Minister Alejandro Gaviria:

   We're doubting that figure, we're analyzing what's happening in Brazil but between when we released the estimate and now we haven't found a single case of microcephaly, the time to see some cases has passed.