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platycephalic

American  
[plat-ee-suh-fal-ik] / ˌplæt i səˈfæl ɪk /
Also platycephalous

adjective

Cephalometry.
  1. having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.


Etymology

Origin of platycephalic

First recorded in 1860–65; platy- + -cephalic

Example Sentences

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One Kalabit is platycephalic, 1 mesocephalic, and 8 hypsicephalic as regards length-height, and all are hypsicephalic as regards 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)

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)

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