turricephaly

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.

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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 conical cranium.

Synonym(s): acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly, oxycephalia, steeple skull, tower skull, turricephaly

[G. oxys, pointed, + kephalē, head]

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