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. 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.

2. Stephen Higgs:

   Zika in the Americas is in new territory and (as) we've seen with the microcephaly, it's showing different patterns of infection that hasn't been seen before. We don't fully understand what's going on.

3. Peter Jay Hotez:

   It's going to be a big concern as we go into the warmer spring and summer months, when we start seeing a large uptick in the Aedes aegypti (that carries Zika) on the Gulf Coast, we could see an uptick in Zika ... and if we start seeing a large number of Zika cases, the prediction would be that we would start to see Guillain-Barre and microcephaly.

4. Simon Cauchemez:

   Our analysis strongly supports the hypothesis that Zika virus infection during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of microcephaly.

5. Peter Openshaw:

   The finding that the risk of microcephaly is only about 1 percent in those infected in the first trimester of pregnancy is surprising.