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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the quality of being brachycephalic wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brachycephalismbrachycephalism

Etymology

From brachy- + -cephaly.

Related phrases

cephalic index

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