brachycephaly

English

Etymology

From brachy- +‎ -cephaly.

Noun

brachycephaly (countable and uncountable, plural brachycephalies)

1. (pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

Derived terms

• acrobrachycephaly
• brachycephalic
• brachycephalism
• brachycephalize
• brachycephalous
• hyperbrachycephaly
• turribrachycephaly
• ultrabrachycephaly

 

Related terms

• cephalic index
• plagiocephaly
• scaphocephaly

Translations

congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened

• Portuguese: braquicefalia f
• Russian: брахицефалия (ru) f (braxicefalija)