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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: acrocephaly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: birth defect, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, congenital abnormality
History
From oxy- + -cephaly.
