microcephaly

Some anthropologists have suggested that the hobbits could be modern-human dwarfs with a condition called 'microcephaly' , a condition of abnormal smallness of the head.

However, three or more minor malformations, especially if associated with short stature or failure to thrive, 'microcephaly' or developmental delay, should engender further investigation.

Congenital brain anomalies like 'microcephaly' , abnormal cortical mantle formation, agenesis of the corpus callosum have been reported.

She has a number of complex conditions including congenital 'microcephaly' and cerebral palsy.

If untreated, the disorder results in mental retardation, 'microcephaly' , delayed speech, seizures, eczema and behavior abnormalities.

Whether the tiny people of Flores were indeed 'microcephalic' modern types, or whether they represent a pygmy version of so-called Homo erectus, the point is really the same.

Because Smith's head is small for his shoulders you call him 'microcephalous' ; if it had been large, you'd have called it water-on-the-brain.

The scaling of brain to body isn't at all what we'd expect to find in pygmies, and the shape is all wrong to be a 'microcephalic' .

But really I was quite serious for I have always believed that the mottled tangle of our elusive lives demands such essential change; that Communism shall indeed create a beautifully square world of identical brawny fellows, broad-shouldered and 'microcephalous' ; and that a hostile attitude toward it is both childish and preconceived…

Affected children are 'microcephalic' , have intractable seizures, and their neurological development is severely impaired.

Specifically, the head circumference of a 'microcephalic' infant, measured by encircling the forehead and the occiput, or back of the skull, is three standard deviations or more below normal.

But Falk and colleagues only compare the Flores fossil to one poorly matched 'microcephalic' skull of a modern human.

There is a happy compromise, a synthesis: just agree that he's 'microcephalous' but with a higher brain-fat ratio than your average pinhead.

Being 'microcephalous' [having an abnormally tiny head] is a misfortune, and nothing to boast of.