noun
a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
• Syn: ↑acrocephaly
• Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsefəlē\ noun (-es)Etymology: German oxycephalie, probably from Greek oxykephalos sharp-headed (from oxy- oxy- (I) + -kephalos headed, from kephalē head) + German -ie -y — more at cephalic
: congenital deformity of the skull due to early synostosis of the parietal and occipital bones with compensating growth in the region of the anterior fontanel resulting in a pointed or pyramidal skull — called also acrocephaly
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/ok'si sef"euh lee/, n. Pathol.
a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures. Also called acrocephaly.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.