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platypellic
platypellic adj.
Brit. 
/ˌplatɪˈpɛlɪk/
, /ˌplatɪˈpɛlɪk/U.S. /ˌplædᵻˈpɛlɪk/
[ < platy- comb. form + ancient Greek πέλλα bowl (see pelike n.; taken in sense ‘pelvis’ by analogy with the sense development of classical Latin pēlvis pelvis n., although the two words are probably not cognate) + -ic suffix] Physical Anthropology designating or having a pelvis whose transverse diameter is much greater than its anteroposterior diameter./ˌplædᵻˈpɛlɪk/ΘΚΠ
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pelvic1799
android1879
mesatipellic1885
platypellic1885
intrapelvic1887
brachypellic1937
1885 W. Turner in Jrnl. Anat. & Pathol. 20 128 By dolichopellic is to be understood a pelvis in which the conjugate diameter of the brim is either longer than the transverse or approaches closely to it: by platypellic a pelvis in which the transverse diameter of the brim greatly exceeds the conjugate; by mesatipellic a pelvis in which the transverse diameter is not so greatly in excess of the conjugate.
1966 B. J. Anson Morris's Human Anat. (ed. 12) iv. 282/2 Pelves with an index below 90 are platypellic; from 90 to 95, mesatipellic; and above 95, dolichopellic.
1995 Ann. Saudi Med. 15 236 The..pelvis is platypellic in configuration but shares some of the features of the rachitic pelvis.
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