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Webster 1913 Edition


Brachycephalous

{

Brachˊy-ce-phal′ic

,

Brachˊy-ceph′a-lous

}
,
Adj.
[Gr.
βραχύσ
short + [GREEK] head.]
(Anat.)
Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; – in distinction from
dolichocephalic
.