trigonocephaly

trigonocephaly
Malformation characterized by a triangular configuration of the skull, due in part to premature synostosis of the cranial bones with compression of the cerebral hemispheres. [trigone + G. kephale, head]

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tri·go·no·ceph·a·ly .trig-ə-nə-'sef-ə-lē, .trī-.gō-nō- n, pl -lies a congenital deformity in which the head is somewhat triangular and flat

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n.
a deformity of the skull in which the vault of the skull is sharply angled just in front of the ears, giving the skull a triangular shape.

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trig·o·no·ceph·a·ly (trig″o-no-sefґə-le) [Gr. trigonos triangular + -cephaly] a deformity of the head characterized by sharp angulation ventrad of the squamous portion of the frontal bones at the site of the suture between them. trigonocephalic adj

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