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41microcephaly — [mī΄krō sef′ə lē] n. 〚 MICRO + CEPHALY〛 a condition in which the head or cranial capacity is abnormally small: opposed to MACROCEPHALY microcephalous adj. microcephalic [mī΄krəsə fal′ik] * * * mi·cro·cep …
42paucity — /paw si tee/, n. 1. smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources. 2. smallness or insufficiency of number; fewness. [1375 1425; late ME paucite < L paucitas fewness, deriv. of paucus few; see ITY] * * * …
43solids, mechanics of — ▪ physics Introduction science concerned with the stressing (stress), deformation (deformation and flow), and failure of solid materials and structures. What, then, is a solid? Any material, fluid or solid, can support normal forces.… …
44Dispensation — • An act whereby in a particular case a lawful superior grants relaxation from an existing law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dispensation Dispensation …
45Microsomia — Too small a body. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth. The prefix micro is derived from the Greek mikros meaning small. It diminishes whatever it precedes. Soma is also from the Greek and means body. * * * Abnormal smallness of… …
46Microtia — An abnormally small ear. The term microtia usually refers to a congenitally small external ear. The visible part of the ear is abnormally small but it is not entirely absent. Absence of the ear is called anotia. * * * Smallness of the auricle of… …
47hypomastia — Atrophy or congenital smallness of the breasts. [hypo + G. mastos, breast] * * * hy·po·mas·tia mas tē ə n abnormal smallness of the mammary glands * * * hy·po·mas·tia (hi″po masґte ə) micromastia …
48meromicrosomia — Abnormal smallness of some portion of the body; local dwarfism. [mero + G. mikros, small, + soma, body] * * * mero·mi·cro·so·mia (mer″o mi″kro soґme ə) [mero 1 + microsomia] unusual smallness of some part of the body …
49micrencephaly — Abnormal smallness of the brain. SYN: micrencephalia, microencephaly. [micro + G. enkephalos, brain] * * * mi·cren·ceph·a·ly .mī .kren sef ə lē n, pl lies the condition of having an abnormally small brain * * * mi·cren·ceph·a·ly (mi″kr …
50microbrachia — Abnormal smallness of the arms. [micro + G. brachion, arm] * * * mi·cro·bra·chia (mi″kro braґke ə) [micro + brachia] abnormal smallness of the arms …
