acrocephalyn.
/ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfəli/, /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈsɛfl̩i/, /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfəli/, /ˌakrə(ʊ)ˈkɛfl̩i/, U.S. /ˌækrəˈsɛfəli/ Physical Anthropology and Medicine.
The condition or quality of being acrocephalic.In Medicine, often used synonymously with oxycephaly n.
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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
1870 J. Thurnam in Mem. Anthropol. Soc. London 3 62 I was myself in the habit of regarding platycephaly as complementary of the dolichocephalic, and hypsi- or acrocephaly, as complementary of the brachycephalic forms.
1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Feb. 464/2 In profile and placed within the outline of the Stratford bust, it is seen that all grounds for suspecting acrocephaly in Shakespeare disappear.
1964 Anthropologica 6 233 The head proportions [of the Juangs] are characterized by hypsicephaly..and acrocephaly.
2006 Current Pediatrics 16 487/1 Children present with acrocephaly, maxillary hypoplasia with a high-arched cleft palate, a saddle nose and syndactyly (fused fingers and toes).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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