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单词 platycephaly
释义

platycephalyn.

Brit. /ˌplatɪˈsɛfəli/, /ˌplatɪˈkɛfəli/, U.S. /ˌplædiˈsɛfəli/; see also -cephaly comb. form
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: platy- comb. form, -cephaly comb. form.
Etymology: < platy- comb. form + -cephaly comb. form. Compare French platycéphalie (1876 in the passage translated in quot. 1878 at platycephalic adj.). Compare earlier platycephalous adj. and slightly earlier platycephalic adj. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation of the second element as (-se·făli) /-ˈsɛfəlɪ/.
Physical Anthropology.
The condition of being platycephalic.
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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
1864 J. Hunt tr. C. Vogt Lect. on Man ii. 30 Platycephaly stands opposed to leptocephaly, though connected with it by gradual transitions.
1902 Biometrika 1 462 In both races platycephaly is associated with brachycranial characters.
1946 Nature 28 Sept. 428/1 Many of the skull characters are remarkably simian, including heavy projecting supra-orbital ridges, retreating forehead, marked platycephaly and massive jaws.
1985 G. T. Nurse et al. Peoples of S. Afr. iv. 93 The head is long, narrow and low, though platycephaly is not often as pronounced as it sometimes is in the San.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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