orthocephalic

[ awr-thoh-suh-fal-ik ]

adjectiveCephalometry.
  1. having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.

Origin of orthocephalic

1
1860–65; <New Latin orthocephal(us) (see ortho-, cephal-) + -ic
  • Also or·tho·ceph·a·lous [awr-thuh-sef-uh-luhs]. /ˌɔr θəˈsɛf ə ləs/.

Other words from orthocephalic

  • or·tho·ceph·a·ly, noun

Words Nearby orthocephalic

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How to use orthocephalic in a sentence

  • It is thus that we recognise low skulls (platycephalic), medium (orthocephalic or metriocephalic), or high (hypsicephalic).

    The Races of Man | Joseph Deniker

British Dictionary definitions for orthocephalic

orthocephalic

orthocephalous (ˌɔːθəʊˈsɛfələs)

/ (ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk) /


adjective
  1. having a skull whose breadth is between 70 and 75 per cent of its length

Derived forms of orthocephalic

  • orthocephaly, noun

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