acrocephaly
[ak″ro-sef´ah-le] Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
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.
[G. oxys, pointed, + kephalē, head]
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acrocephaly
(ăk′rə-sĕf′ə-lē)
ac′ro·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk) adj.
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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]
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acrocephaly
See OXYCEPHALY.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
acrocephaly
the possession of a dome-shaped head.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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]
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