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单词 plagiocephaly
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plagiocephalyn.

Brit. /ˌpleɪdʒɪəˈsɛfəli/, /ˌpleɪdʒɪəˈkɛfəli/, U.S. /ˈˌpleɪdʒiəˈsɛfəli/, /ˈˌpleɪdʒioʊˈsɛfəli/; see also -cephaly comb. form
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plagio- comb. form, -cephaly comb. form.
Etymology: < plagio- comb. form + -cephaly comb. form. Compare French plagiocéphalie (1876 or earlier). Compare plagiocephalic adj.
Medicine and Physical Anthropology.
An oblique deformity of the skull, with greater development of the anterior part on one side and the posterior part on the other.
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head-mould-shot1650
head-mould-shottenness1684
mould-shot1752
microcephalus1850
iniencephalus1857
microcephalism1861
microcephaly1863
plagiocephaly1873
trigonocephaly1878
trochocephaly1878
leontiasis1885
iniencephaly1902
1873 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 2 147 There is one..which..presents all the sutures, and none of them shows any approach to obliteration; so that it is an instance of plagiocephaly without its presumed cause.
1933 Amer. Anthropologist 35 519 Plagiocephaly resulting from pressure (in contrast to pathological plagiocephaly), including the forms with straight and deviating general axes, the latter in consequence of oblique bandaging.
1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Dec. 1675/2 Between 1967 and 1982, 102 children were referred to Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, with a unilateral reduction of hip abduction in flexion and were found also to have plagiocephaly.
1995 Amer. Health July–Aug. 86/3 The diagnosis: plagiocephaly, probably positional: a head shaped by the baby's position in utero, now accented by his strong preference for sleeping with his head in a particular position.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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