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brachycephaly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
brachy-cephaly
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From brachy- + -cephaly.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

brachycephalies (plural)

Derived Forms

acrobrachycephaly brachycephalic brachycephalism brachycephalize brachycephalous hyperbrachycephaly turribrachycephaly ultrabrachycephaly

Phrases

cephalic index

Frequently Paired Words

cephalic index plagiocephaly scaphocephaly

Synonyms

brachycephalism

Questions

What does brachycephaly mean?
A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.
Where does brachycephaly come from?
From brachy- + -cephaly.

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