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

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mesocephalic

Intermingled with these are those of the middle derivative type, or mesocephalic.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

Broca's "Kymric" skulls are mesocephalic; this he attributes to crossing with the short round-heads.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

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)

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

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