cymbocephaly


scaphocephaly

 [skaf″o-sef´ah-le] abnormal length and narrowness of the skull as a result of premature closure of the sagittal suture. adj., adj scaphocephal´ic, scaphoceph´alous.

scaph·o·ceph·a·ly

(skaf'ō-sef'ă-lē), A form of craniosynostosis that results in a long, narrow head in which the parietal eminences are absent and frontal and occiptal protrusions are conspicuous; there may be a crest indicating the site of a prenatally closed sagittal suture; sometimes accompanied by mental retardation. Synonym(s): cymbocephaly, sagittal synostosis, scaphocephalism, tectocephaly [scapho- + G. kephalē, head]

scaph·o·ceph·a·ly

(skaf'ŏ-sef'ă-lē) A form of craniosynostosis that results in a long narrow head.
Synonym(s): cymbocephaly, sagittal synostosis, scaphocephalism, tectocephaly. [scapho- + G. kephalē, head]