plagiocephalicadj.

Brit.

/ˌpleɪdʒɪə(ʊ)sᵻˈfalɪk/,

/ˌpleɪdʒɪə(ʊ)kɛˈfalɪk/, U.S.

/ˈˌpleɪdʒiəsəˈfælɪk/,

/ˈˌpleɪdʒioʊsəˈfælɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plagio- comb. form, -cephalic comb. form.

Etymology: < plagio- comb. form + -cephalic comb. form, after plagiocephaly n. In sense 2 after post-classical Latin Plagiocephali ( Linnaeus Systema Naturæ(1758) I. 22). Compare French plagiocéphale (1876 or earlier). N.E.D.(1907) gives only the pronunciation (plēⁱ:dʒioˌsĭfæ·lik) /ˌpleɪdʒɪəʊsɪˈfælɪk/.

1. Medicine and Physical Anthropology. Designating or characterized by an oblique deformity of the skull (plagiocephaly).

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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

1873 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 2 147 Among these plagiocephalic skulls, there is one of a girl of twelve years of age, brachycephalic, with a cephalic index of ·87.

1891 Amer. Anthropologist 4 219 The cranial deformity most usually found is the plagiocephalic, or one-sided head.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 139/1 What could we expect save genius or insanity of Machiavelli, who, to his shame be it said, was plagio-cephalic?

1991 Jrnl. Neurosurg. 74 219 It creates a symmetrical reconstruction of both frontal and lateral orbital aspects in the untreated or inadequately treated older plagiocephalic child with orbital dystopia.

†2. Physical Anthropology. Having or designating a skull with a broad, flattened, sloping forehead. Obsolete. rare.

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