English Explanatory Dictionary

brachycephaly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

Word forms

brachycephaly brachycephalies

Etymology

From brachy- + -cephaly.

Related words

cephalic index plagiocephaly scaphocephaly

Derived words

acrobrachycephaly brachycephalic brachycephalism brachycephalize brachycephalous hyperbrachycephaly turribrachycephaly ultrabrachycephaly
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