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brachycephalic, a.|ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk|
Also -kephalic.
[f. brachy- + Gr. κεϕαλή head: cf. κεϕαλικός of or pertaining to the head.]
lit. Short-headed: used in Ethnol. to denote skulls of which the breadth is at least four-fifths of the length: opposed to dolichocephalic.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1355/2 The Cranium is Mongoliform and brachycephalic. 1851D. Wilson Preh. Ann. (1863) I. ix. 281, I have met with Brachycephalic Scots. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 83 Skulls with a cephalic index of 0·8, or more, are Brachycephalic. 1877Dawson Orig. World 427 The brachy-kephalic head.
So brachycephales, more freq. -cephali [mod.Latin], men with brachycephalic skulls. brachyˈcephalism, the condition of being brachycephalic. brachyˈcephalous, a. = brachycephalic. brachyˈcephaly = brachycephalism.
1865Reader No. 113. 227/1 A race of brachycephales. 1863A. Ramsay Phys. Geog. (1878) 581 They belong mainly to the Brachycephali or broad-skulls. 1880Nature 8 Jan. 224 The skull ranges from brachycephalism in the Siberians and Peruvians to extreme dolichocephalism in the Eskimo. 1883K. Blind in Academy Mar. 17 190/1 Brachykephalism in Asia Minor. 1872tr. Figuier's Hum. Race Introd. 25 A short cranium is styled brachycephalous. 1871Darwin Desc. Man I. i. iv. 148 Short men incline more to brachycephaly. |