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brachycephalic

[ brak-ee-suh-fal-ik ]

adjective

, Cephalometry.
  1. short-headed; having a cephalic index of 81.0–85.4.


brachycephalic

/ ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk /

adjective

  1. having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back, esp one with a cephalic index over 80
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an individual with such a head
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌbrachyˈcephaly, noun
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Other Words From

  • brach·y·ceph·a·ly [brak-ee-, sef, -, uh, -lee], brachy·cepha·lism noun
  • hyper·brachy·ce·phalic adjective
  • hyper·brachy·cepha·ly noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of brachycephalic1

First recorded in 1840–50; brachy- + -cephalic
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Example Sentences

Brachycephalic and dolichocephalic people nearly equal in number.

There were certainly several if not many waves of brachycephalic migrations into Europe, of which this was the first.

The few human remains from the earliest lake-dwellings are all brachycephalic—short-heads.

The skull shape of the Lombards, says Flinders Petrie, changed from dolichocephalic to brachycephalic in a few hundred years.

A few equally mystical Greek words, brachycephalic and dolichocephalic, are the watchwords of the crusades of to-day.

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