oxycephaly
A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture…A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
- a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
Origin
From oxy- + -cephaly.From oxy- + -cephaly.
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Forms
plural: oxycephalies| Singular | oxycephaly |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape:acrocephaly
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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