See Also: agyria(medicine)

majorat (iou) and agyria (medicine)


majorat (iou)



majorat noun. Pl. pronounced same. M19.
[French from medieval Latin majoratus right of primogeniture, (in late Latin) leading position, from Latin major MAJOR adjective: see -ATE1.]
Law. In Spain, Italy, and Other countries: the right of primogeniture; an estate attached to the right of primogeniture.

agyria (medicine)


agyria
Congenital lack or underdevelopment of the convolutional pattern of the cerebral cortex, owing to a defect of development.

Synonym: lissencephalia, lissencephaly.

Origin: G. A-priv. + gyros, circle