mesocephalyn.
/ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəli/, /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩i/, /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈkɛfəli/, /ˌmɛsə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S. /ˌmɛzoʊˈsɛfəli/; see also meso- comb. form. Physical Anthropology.
The condition or character of being mesocephalic.
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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
1883 Amer. Naturalist 17 991 This penetration had taken place before the Columbian period. From that era we have:..Mesocephaly.
1885 Athenæum 27 June 827/1 In the former locality there exists a taller, darker, and more brachycephalic race, whilst in the latter mesocephaly prevails.
1908 Man 8 125 The island ‘Indonesian’ stems are characterised by a high mesocephaly or low brachycephaly.
1931 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 61 71 The majority of these skulls are on the border-line between dolichocephaly and mesocephaly.
1980 RAIN No. 41. 13/3 Deniker..gave the name ‘Nordic race’ in 1889 to the Northern European complex of high stature, fair pigmentation and mesocephaly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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