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brachycephalism

brachycephalism is the dated form of brachycephaly.

Meaning of brachycephaly

Noun

brachycephaly (countable and uncountable, plural brachycephalies)

  1. A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

Questions about brachycephalism

What is brachycephalism the dated form of?
Brachycephalism is the dated form of brachycephaly.

Words near brachycephalism in the dictionary

  1. brachycephalic
  2. brachycephalics
  3. brachycephalid
  4. brachycephalids
  5. brachycephalies
  6. brachycephalism
  7. brachycephalization
  8. brachycephalize
  9. brachycephalized
  10. brachycephalizes
  11. brachycephalizing

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