dolichocephalicadj.
/ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfalɪk/ Ethnology.
Long-headed: applied to skulls of which the breadth is less than four-fifths (or, according to Broca, three-fourths) of the length; also (less commonly) to human populations having such skulls: opposed to brachycephalic adj.
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short-headed1802
beloid1833
microcephalous1840
platycephalous1846
long-skulled1847
round-headed1847
brachycephalic1849
dolichocephalic1849
acrocephalic1855
megacephalous1857
microcephalic1857
cymbocephalic1861
macrocephalous1861
platycephalic1861
macrocephalic1863
phaenozygous1863
dolichocephalous1864
homoeocephalic1866
mecistocephalic1866
mecocephalic1866
mesocephalic1866
orthocephalic1866
stenocephalic1866
cryptozygous1867
megalocephalic1868
aphanozygous1871
brachycephalous1872
orthocephalous1872
mesaticephalic1873
plagiocephalic1873
plagiocephalic1874
mesaticephalous1876
mesorrhine1877
platyrrhine1877
cylindro-cephalic1878
eurycephalic1878
hypsistenocephalic1878
megaseme1878
mesoseme1878
microseme1878
oxycephalic1878
oxyklinocephalic1878
platybasic1878
pyrgocephalic1878
tapinocephalic1878
megacephalic1879
hypsiconchous1885
mesoconchous1885
chamaeprosopic1886
leptocephalic1886
mesorrhinian1887
long-headed1888
tectocephalic1888
mecistocephalous1890
megalocephalous1890
plagiocephalous1890
mesocephal1891
stegoid1894
brachycranial1902
chamaecephalic1902
chamaeconchic1902
chamaecranial1902
macrocranial1902
platycranial1902
stenocranial1904
mesoconch1905
mesoconchic1909
hypsiconch1920
Lapponoid1939
hypsiconchic1960
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1325/2 The first of these skulls would certainly be placed..in the ‘dolichocephalic’ division of Professor Retzius.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. v. 32 The features are regular, the head dolikhokephalic.
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 84 Skulls..with the cephalic index less than 0·8 are Dolichocephalic.
1878 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times (ed. 4) v. 142 If we class those skulls in which the relation of the breadth to the length is less than 73 to 100 as long heads, or Dolichocephalic.
1879 tr. A. de Quatrefages de Bréau Human Species 164 Tribes which were tall and dolichocephalic.
Derivatives
dolichoˈcephali n. [modern Latin] (plural) men with dolichocephalic skulls.
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macrocephalus1626
long head1650
microcephalus1848
brachycephales1863
dolichocephali1863
brachistocephali1866
mecistocephali1866
Mesocephali1866
roundhead1867
microcephale1873
microcephalic1873
dolichocephal1876
mesorrhinian1878
mesocephal1883
short head1883
mesorrhine1885
platyrrhine1886
brachycephal1901
1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. ix. 281 He classes the Celts among his orthognathic dolichocephali.
dolichoˈcephalism n. the condition or quality of being dolichocephalic.
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long-headedness1818
microcephalia1849
microcephaly1863
leptocephaly1864
platycephaly1864
dolichocephalism1865
mesaticephalism1865
brachistocephaly1866
dolichocephaly1866
mecistocephaly1866
acrocephaly1870
brachycephaly1871
megalocephaly1878
pyrgocephaly1878
stenocephaly1878
brachycephalism1880
platyrrhiny1880
hypsistenocephaly1881
mesocephaly1883
short-headedness1883
orthocephaly1884
oxycephaly1885
mesocephalism1888
macrocephalia1889
macrocephaly1889
broad-headedness1890
mesaticephaly1891
chamaeconchy1902
chamaeprosopy1902
hypsiconchy1902
mesorrhiny1902
mesoconchy1904
tower skull1905
1865 Thurnam Brit. & Gaul. Skulls in Anthropol. Soc. Lond. 477 If dolichocephalism and brachycephalism have ever, as characters, a race-value, they have it in this instance.
1880 Nature 8 Jan. 224/1 Dolichocephalism and prognathism..prevail.
dolichoˈcephalous adj. = dolichocephalic adj.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types
short-headed1802
beloid1833
microcephalous1840
platycephalous1846
long-skulled1847
round-headed1847
brachycephalic1849
dolichocephalic1849
acrocephalic1855
megacephalous1857
microcephalic1857
cymbocephalic1861
macrocephalous1861
platycephalic1861
macrocephalic1863
phaenozygous1863
dolichocephalous1864
homoeocephalic1866
mecistocephalic1866
mecocephalic1866
mesocephalic1866
orthocephalic1866
stenocephalic1866
cryptozygous1867
megalocephalic1868
aphanozygous1871
brachycephalous1872
orthocephalous1872
mesaticephalic1873
plagiocephalic1873
plagiocephalic1874
mesaticephalous1876
mesorrhine1877
platyrrhine1877
cylindro-cephalic1878
eurycephalic1878
hypsistenocephalic1878
megaseme1878
mesoseme1878
microseme1878
oxycephalic1878
oxyklinocephalic1878
platybasic1878
pyrgocephalic1878
tapinocephalic1878
megacephalic1879
hypsiconchous1885
mesoconchous1885
chamaeprosopic1886
leptocephalic1886
mesorrhinian1887
long-headed1888
tectocephalic1888
mecistocephalous1890
megalocephalous1890
plagiocephalous1890
mesocephal1891
stegoid1894
brachycranial1902
chamaecephalic1902
chamaeconchic1902
chamaecranial1902
macrocranial1902
platycranial1902
stenocranial1904
mesoconch1905
mesoconchic1909
hypsiconch1920
Lapponoid1939
hypsiconchic1960
1864 Reader 17 Dec. 771/1 Skull..highly dolichocephalous and prognathous.
1881 Nature XXIII. 221 The Australians..are usually represented as black, straight-haired, dolichocephalous.
dolichoˈcephaly n. = dolichocephalism n.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > condition of having
long-headedness1818
microcephalia1849
microcephaly1863
leptocephaly1864
platycephaly1864
dolichocephalism1865
mesaticephalism1865
brachistocephaly1866
dolichocephaly1866
mecistocephaly1866
acrocephaly1870
brachycephaly1871
megalocephaly1878
pyrgocephaly1878
stenocephaly1878
brachycephalism1880
platyrrhiny1880
hypsistenocephaly1881
mesocephaly1883
short-headedness1883
orthocephaly1884
oxycephaly1885
mesocephalism1888
macrocephalia1889
macrocephaly1889
broad-headedness1890
mesaticephaly1891
chamaeconchy1902
chamaeprosopy1902
hypsiconchy1902
mesorrhiny1902
mesoconchy1904
tower skull1905
1866 T. H. Huxley in S. Laing Pre-hist. Remains Caithness 112 Brachycephaly diminishing and dolichocephaly increasing with the latitude.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. iv. 148 Welcker finds that short men incline more to brachycephaly, and tall men to dolichocephaly.
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