mi·cro·ce·phal·ic
ˌmī-krō-sə-ˈfa-lik 
: having a small head
specifically
: having an abnormally small head
: one that is microcephalic
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Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2014
These numbers represent an astonishing departure from the statistics for last year, in which only 150 cases of microcephalic babies were recorded in the country.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2015
And then in 2015 an outbreak in Brazil was linked to an increase in microcephalic infants.
—Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 18 July 2017
Zika infections carried by travelers have been brought back to Minnesota, New York, Hawaii (where a microcephalic baby was born), and other states in the U.S.
—National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2016
Adjective
The microcephalic organoids were smaller than the organoids grown from healthy people, apparently because the patient’s stem cells had divided too early and became depleted.
—Kat McGowan, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2014
These numbers represent an astonishing departure from the statistics for last year, in which only 150 cases of microcephalic babies were recorded in the country.
—Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2015
And then in 2015 an outbreak in Brazil was linked to an increase in microcephalic infants.
—Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 18 July 2017
Zika infections carried by travelers have been brought back to Minnesota, New York, Hawaii (where a microcephalic baby was born), and other states in the U.S.
—National Geographic, 28 Jan. 2016
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microcephalic
1 of 2 adjective
mi·cro·ce·phal·ic
ˌmī-krō-sə-ˈfal-ik
: having a small head
specifically
: having an abnormally small head
microcephalic
2 of 2 noun
: an individual with an abnormally small head
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