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brachycephaly

brachycephaly noun: a congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

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.

brachycephaly meaning in Tamil

brachycephaly in Tamil

அகன்ற மண்டை, குறுகிய தலையிடைமை

Forms of brachycephaly

pluralbrachycephalies

Origin of brachycephaly

From brachy- + -cephaly.

Words formed from brachycephaly

Questions about brachycephaly

What does brachycephaly mean?
Brachycephaly means a congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.
What is brachycephaly in Tamil?
Brachycephaly in Tamil is அகன்ற மண்டை, குறுகிய தலையிடைமை. See Brachycephaly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brachycephaly?
Brachycephaly is a noun.
What is the plural of brachycephaly?
The plural of brachycephaly is brachycephalies.

Words near brachycephaly in the dictionary

  1. brachycephalized
  2. brachycephalizes
  3. brachycephalizing
  4. brachycephaloid
  5. brachycephalous
  6. brachycephaly
  7. brachyceran
  8. brachycerans
  9. brachycerid
  10. brachycerids
  11. brachychronic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brachycephaly (page history and authors); brachycephaly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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