dolichocephalic

American  

[dol-i-koh-suh-fal-ik] / ˌdɒl ɪ koʊ səˈfæl ɪk /

Also dolichocephalous

adjective

Cephalometry.

1. long-headed; having a cephalic index of 75 and under.

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dolichocephalic British  

/ ˌdɒlɪkəʊˈsɛfələs, ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk /

adjective

1. having a head much longer than it is broad, esp one with a cephalic index under 75

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noun

1. an individual with such a head

Other Word Forms

• dolichocephalism noun
• dolichocephaly noun
• hyperdolichocephalic adjective
• hyperdolichocephaly noun
• subdolichocephalic adjective
• subdolichocephalism noun
• subdolichocephalous adjective
• subdolichocephaly noun

Etymology

Origin of dolichocephalic

First recorded in 1840–50; dolicho- + cephalic

Example Sentences

On the walls hung eight profiles of hawk-faced Sherlock Holmes, a curved pipe pendent from his thin lips and a deerstalker cap pushed down on his dolichocephalic skull.

From Time Magazine Archive

Grammar dolichocephalic, 212. —— empirical knowledge of, 29. —— rational knowledge of, 29.

From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

Ten are dolichocephalic, 71 to 74.6; twenty-nine are mesaticephalic, 75.2 to 79.7; twelve are brachycephalic, 80.4 to 84.8, and two are hyperbrachycephalic, 85 and 96.3.

From The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon by Barrows, David Prescott

The skull in the endemic form of cretinism is usually brachycephalic, but in the sporadic cases it is more commonly dolichocephalic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Besides the general division of skulls into dolichocephalic, brachycephalic, and mesocephalic, other divisions had been undertaken, according to the height of the skull, and again according to the maxillary and the facial angles.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various