- oxycephalic, oxycephalous
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oxycephalic, oxycephalous
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oxycephalous — See oxycephalic. * * * … Universalium
oxycephalous — adjective see oxycephalic … Useful english dictionary
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
oxycephaly — oxycephalic /ok see seuh fal ik/, oxycephalous, adj. /ok si sef euh lee/, n. Pathol. a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures. Also called acrocephaly. [1890 95; < G Oxycephalie < Gk… … Universalium
oxycephaly — [äk΄si sef′ə lē] n. [< OXY 2 + Gr kephalē, head: see CEPHALIC] a condition in which the skull has a peaked or somewhat conical shape, specif. as a result of the premature closing of the skull sutures oxycephalic [äks΄isə fal′ik] adj.… … English World dictionary
oxycephaly — noun a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape • Syn: ↑acrocephaly • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality * … Useful english dictionary
