- hypsicephaly
- SYN: oxycephaly. [hypsi- + G. kephale, head]
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hyp·si·ceph·a·ly (hip″sĭ-sefґə-le) oxycephaly. hypsicephalic adj
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hypsicephaly
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oxycephaly — A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical skull. SYN: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly … Medical dictionary
