brachycephalicadj.

/ˌbrakɪsɪˈfalɪk/

Forms: Also brachykephalic.

Etymology: < brachy- comb. form + Greek κεϕαλή head: compare κεϕαλικός of or pertaining to the head.

literal. Short-headed: used in Ethnology to denote skulls of which the breadth is at least four-fifths of the length: opposed to dolichocephalic adj.

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short-headed1802

beloid1833

microcephalous1840

platycephalous1846

long-skulled1847

round-headed1847

brachycephalic1849

dolichocephalic1849

acrocephalic1855

megacephalous1857

microcephalic1857

cymbocephalic1861

macrocephalous1861

platycephalic1861

macrocephalic1863

phaenozygous1863

dolichocephalous1864

homoeocephalic1866

mecistocephalic1866

mecocephalic1866

mesocephalic1866

orthocephalic1866

stenocephalic1866

cryptozygous1867

megalocephalic1868

aphanozygous1871

brachycephalous1872

orthocephalous1872

mesaticephalic1873

plagiocephalic1873

plagiocephalic1874

mesaticephalous1876

mesorrhine1877

platyrrhine1877

cylindro-cephalic1878

eurycephalic1878

hypsistenocephalic1878

megaseme1878

mesoseme1878

microseme1878

oxycephalic1878

oxyklinocephalic1878

platybasic1878

pyrgocephalic1878

tapinocephalic1878

megacephalic1879

hypsiconchous1885

mesoconchous1885

chamaeprosopic1886

leptocephalic1886

mesorrhinian1887

long-headed1888

tectocephalic1888

mecistocephalous1890

megalocephalous1890

plagiocephalous1890

mesocephal1891

stegoid1894

brachycranial1902

chamaecephalic1902

chamaeconchic1902

chamaecranial1902

macrocranial1902

platycranial1902

stenocranial1904

mesoconch1905

mesoconchic1909

hypsiconch1920

Lapponoid1939

hypsiconchic1960

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1355/2 The Cranium is Mongoliform and brachycephalic.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 281 I have met with brachycephalic Scots.

1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 83 Skulls with a cephalic index of 0·8, or more, are Brachycephalic.

1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World 427 The brachy-kephalic head.

Derivatives

brachycephales n. (more frequently brachycephali) [modern Latin] men with brachycephalic skulls.

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macrocephalus1626

long head1650

microcephalus1848

brachycephales1863

dolichocephali1863

brachistocephali1866

mecistocephali1866

Mesocephali1866

roundhead1867

microcephale1873

microcephalic1873

dolichocephal1876

mesorrhinian1878

mesocephal1883

short head1883

mesorrhine1885

platyrrhine1886

brachycephal1901

1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. (1878) 581 They belong mainly to the Brachycephali or broad-skulls.

1865 Reader No. 113. 227/1 A race of brachycephales.

brachyˈcephalism n. the condition of being brachycephalic.

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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > condition of having

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

1880 Nature 8 Jan. 224 The skull ranges from brachycephalism in the Siberians and Peruvians to extreme dolichocephalism in the Eskimo.

1883 K. Blind in Academy Mar. 17 190/1 Brachykephalism in Asia Minor.

brachyˈcephalous adj. = main sense.

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