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May 25, 2012
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big•head



Pronunciation: (big'hed', -hed"), [key]
—n.
1. Informal.an excessive estimate of one's importance; conceit.
2. Vet. Pathol.
a. an inflammatory swelling of the tissues of the head of sheep, caused by the anaerobic bacillus Clostridium novyi.
b. enlargement of the head and jawbones of horses resulting from nutritional hyperthyroidism.

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