Usually means: Short, broad skull shape condition.
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  1. brachycephaly: Merriam-Webster
  2. brachycephaly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brachycephaly: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. brachycephaly: Wordnik
  6. brachycephaly: Wiktionary
  7. Brachycephaly, brachycephaly: Dictionary.com
  8. Brachycephaly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Brachycephaly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Brachycephaly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. brachycephaly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. brachycephaly: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. brachycephaly: Encyclopedia

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  1. brachycephaly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Brachycephaly: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Brachycephaly: MedFriendly Glossary
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  6. brachycephaly: Medical dictionary
  7. Brachycephaly: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (brachycephaly)

▸ noun:  (pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.

Similar:
brachycephalia, brachycephalism, acrobrachycephaly, abrachiocephaly, scaphocephaly, abrachiocephalia, hyperbrachycephaly, plagiocephaly, ultrabrachycephaly, pachycephaly, more...

Opposite:
dolichocephaly, mesocephaly

Types:
short-skulled, flat-faced, pushed-in face, more...

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Similar:
brachycephalia, brachycephalism, acrobrachycephaly, abrachiocephaly, scaphocephaly, abrachiocephalia, hyperbrachycephaly, plagiocephaly, ultrabrachycephaly, pachycephaly, more...

Opposite:
dolichocephaly, mesocephaly

Types:
short-skulled, flat-faced, pushed-in face, more...



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