acrocephalia


oxycephaly

 [ok-se-sef´ah-le] a condition in which the top of the skull is pointed or conical owing to premature closure of the coronal and lambdoid sutures. adj., adj oxycephal´ic.

ox·y·ceph·a·ly

(ok'sē-sef'ă-lē), A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical cranium. Synonym(s): acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly, oxycephalia, steeple skull, tower skull, turricephaly [G. oxys, pointed, + kephalē, head]

ox·y·ceph·a·ly

(ok'sē-sef'ă-lē) A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or cone-shaped cranium.
Synonym(s): acrocephaly, acrocephalia. [G. oxys, pointed, + kephalē, head]