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[syn: brachycephalic, brachycranial, brachycranic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Brachycephalic \Brach`y*ce*phal"ic\, Brachycephalous
\Brach`y*ceph"a*lous\, a. [Gr. brachy`s short + ? head.] (Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth;
shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
[1913 Webster] Brachycephaly
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
brachycephalic
adj 1: having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over
80 [syn: brachycephalic, brachycranial,
brachycranic] [ant: dolichocephalic,
dolichocranial, dolichocranic]
n 1: an adult with a short broad head