"brachycephaly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brachycephalies [plural]
Etymology: brachy- + -cephaly Etymology templates: {{confix|en|brachy|cephaly}} brachy- + -cephaly Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brachycephaly (countable and uncountable, plural brachycephalies)
  1. (pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. Wikipedia link: brachycephaly Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology Derived forms: brachycephalic, brachycephalism, brachycephalous Related terms: cephalic index, plagiocephaly, scaphocephaly Translations (congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened): braquicefalia [feminine] (Portuguese), брахицефалия (braxicefalija) [feminine] (Russian)

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