acrocephaly

acrocephaly
SYN: oxycephaly. [acro- + G. kephale, head]

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ac·ro·ceph·a·ly .ak-rə-'sef-ə-lē also ac·ro·ce·pha·lia .ak-rō-sə-'fāl-yə n, pl -lies also -lias OXYCEPHALY
ac·ro·ce·phal·ic .ak-rō-sə-'fal-ik adj

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ac·ro·ceph·a·ly (ak″ro-sefґə-le) oxycephaly.

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  • oxycephaly — A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical skull. SYN: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly …   Medical dictionary

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