mesocephalic

American  

[mez-oh-suh-fal-ik, mes-, mee-zoh-, -soh-] / ˌmɛz oʊ səˈfæl ɪk, ˌmɛs-, ˌmi zoʊ-, -soʊ- /

adjective

Cephalometry.

1. having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.

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mesocephalic British  

/ ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk, ˌmɛsəʊˈsɛfəlɪ /

adjective

1. having a medium-sized head, esp one with a cephalic index between 75 and 80

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noun

1. an individual with such a head

Other Word Forms

• mesocephaly noun

Etymology

Origin of mesocephalic

First recorded in 1855–60; meso- + -cephalic

Example Sentences

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

The head is usually hypsicephalic, but 1 is platycephalic as regards breadth-height, 2 are mesocephalic both in length-height and breadth-height, 5 are mesocephalic in length-height and 3 in breadth-height.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

One man is platycephalic, 3 men and 1 woman mesocephalic and the rest hypsicephalic as regards length-height, all are hypsicephalic as regards breadth-height, in each respect the women being markedly more hypsicephalic than the men.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

Two are mesocephalic in the length-height index and none in the breadth-height, all the remainder are hypsicephalic in both respects; 4 are pyriform, 2 oval, and 1 ellipsoidal in shape.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort)

No one, he believed, had ever maintained that a mesocephalic skull was split or differentiated into a dolichocephalic and a brachycephalic variety in the bright sunshine of history.

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