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BRACHYCEPHALIC

\bɹˌaka͡ɪsfˈalɪk], \bɹˌaka‍ɪsfˈalɪk], \b_ɹ_ˌa_k_aɪ_s_f_ˈa_l_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of BRACHYCEPHALIC

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary

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having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having a disproportionately short head. Noting a skull with a cephalic index over 80, or an individual with such a skull. Among the brachycephalic races are the American Indians, Malays, and Burmese.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Term applied to a very broad skull.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

With a head whose diameter across is in the ratio of 8:1 lengthwise.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Having a head with a short anteroposterior diameter.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

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