† mecistocephalyn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μήκιστος , -cephaly comb. form.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μήκιστος, superlative of μακρός long (see macro- comb. form) + -cephaly comb. form. Compare mecistocephali n. and mecistocephalic adj.

Physical Anthropology. Obsolete. rare.

T. H. Huxley's name for: the condition or quality of being mecistocephalic.

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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 There is every stage from brachistocephaly to mecistocephaly to be met with between Switzerland and Scandinavia.

1867 T. H. Huxley in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 1 65 B is the narrowest normal skull I have met with, its index being only .629. It is, therefore, an extremely marked example of mecistocephaly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mecistocephaly
释义	† mecistocephalyn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μήκιστος , -cephaly comb. form. Etymology: < ancient Greek μήκιστος, superlative of μακρός long (see macro- comb. form) + -cephaly comb. form. Compare mecistocephali n. and mecistocephalic adj. Physical Anthropology. Obsolete. rare. T. H. Huxley's name for: the condition or quality of being mecistocephalic. ΘΚΠ 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 There is every stage from brachistocephaly to mecistocephaly to be met with between Switzerland and Scandinavia. 1867 T. H. Huxley in Jrnl. Anat. & Physiol. 1 65 B is the narrowest normal skull I have met with, its index being only .629. It is, therefore, an extremely marked example of mecistocephaly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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