mesaticephalyn.
/mᵻˌsatɪˈsɛfəli/, /mᵻˌsatɪˈkɛfəli/, /ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfəli/, /ˌmɛsətɪˈkɛfəli/, U.S. /məˌsædəˈsɛfəli/, /məˌsɑdəˈsɛfəli/; see also mesati- comb. form and -cephaly comb. form. Physical Anthropology. Now rare.
The condition of being mesaticephalic.
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long-headedness1818
microcephalia1849
microcephaly1863
leptocephaly1864
platycephaly1864
dolichocephalism1865
mesaticephalism1865
brachistocephaly1866
dolichocephaly1866
mecistocephaly1866
acrocephaly1870
brachycephaly1871
megalocephaly1878
pyrgocephaly1878
stenocephaly1878
brachycephalism1880
platyrrhiny1880
hypsistenocephaly1881
mesocephaly1883
short-headedness1883
orthocephaly1884
oxycephaly1885
mesocephalism1888
macrocephalia1889
macrocephaly1889
broad-headedness1890
mesaticephaly1891
chamaeconchy1902
chamaeprosopy1902
hypsiconchy1902
mesorrhiny1902
mesoconchy1904
tower skull1905
1891 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 2 256 Bengal..exhibits a high range of mesaticephaly verging on brachycephaly.
1896 Nat. Sci. Sept. 154 The mesaticephaly..may be due to a crossing between brachycephalous Negrillos and Negros.
1934 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 20 4 At first it was thought that dolichocephaly resulted from mesaticephaly by the uniform increase of all parts of the skull.
1965 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 95 18 Such head measurements as have been taken indicate a variation from dolicho- to mesati-cephaly for all tribes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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