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Definition of Acrocephaly
1. Noun. A congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape.
Generic synonyms: Birth Defect, Congenital Abnormality, Congenital Anomaly, Congenital Defect, Congenital Disorder
Definition of Acrocephaly
1. n. Loftiness of skull.
Definition of Acrocephaly
1. Noun. The condition of suffering from a pointed skull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Acrocephaly
1. Loftiness of skull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrocephaly
Literary usage of Acrocephaly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Surgical diseases of children: A Modern Treatise on Pediatric Surgery by Samuel Walter Kelley (1914)
"Plagiocephaly (asymmetrical skull), acrocephaly, ... acrocephaly is regarded as
a stigma of degeneration, or possibly as a result of adenoid vegetations ..."
2. Roentgen diagnosis of diseases of the head by Arthur Schueller (1918)
"The peculiar case described by Carpenter, of acrocephaly, with a cranium pointed
at the vertex like a pyramid, and with oddly shaped orbits, ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1882)
"by anthropologists as acrocephaly, a deformity also in Man associated ...
acrocephaly of a precisely similar type occurs sporadically in men of all races. ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1902)
"... stigmata of the subjects complete the picture of the series. Among the first
are found cranio-facial asymmetries of various forms.—acrocephaly ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1891)
"Fielden has a turned up nose and enormous jaws ; Most has acrocephaly and facial
asymmetry. On the contrary a very fine physiognomy has Marx ..."
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