English Explanatory Dictionary

oxycephaly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.

Word forms

oxycephaly oxycephalies

Etymology

From oxy- + -cephaly.

Synonyms

turricephaly

Derived words

oxycephalic
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