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Definition of Brachycephalic
1. Adjective. Having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80.
Similar to: Broad-headed, Roundheaded, Short-headed, Bullet-headed
Derivative terms: Brachycephaly
Antonyms: Dolichocephalic
2. Noun. An adult with a short broad head.
Definition of Brachycephalic
1. a. Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Definition of Brachycephalic
1. Adjective. (context: of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). ¹
2. Noun. A brachycephalic person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brachycephalic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Brachycephalic
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachycephalic
Literary usage of Brachycephalic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"According to Huxley, the particular modifications of the Negroid type are: the
small Bushmen with lighter skin; the partly brachycephalic Negritos with ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"phalic heads are the largest and the brachycephalic the smallest, ... The forehead
of the brachycephalic protrudes slightly and the occipito-parietal region ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1899)
"In Crania Ethnica there are mentioned four types of four races with this
brachycephalic character. Hervé reduces the Neolithic morphological types of ..."
4. Prehistoric Scotland and Its Place in European Civilization: Being a General by Robert Munro (1899)
"The occasional presence of a brachycephalic skull in some of these cairns was
easily explained on the supposition that the short-headed people appeared on ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"of the occurrence of brachycephalic skulls in New Guinea,* and cites me as
supporting the opinion of MM. de Quatrefages and Hamy that a ..."
6. Prehistoric Problems, Being a Selection of Essays on the Evolution of Man by Robert Munro (1897)
"... erectus—Classification of Skulls into Dolichocephalic and brachycephalic—The
... brachycephalic ..."
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