polymicrogyria

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What does polymicrogyria mean?

A deformity of the brain such that it has an excessive number of small folds, causing mental retardation.

Where does polymicrogyria come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English micro- English gyrus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English polymicrogyria From poly- + micro- + gyrus + -ia.

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