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—mesocephaly, n./mez'oh seuh fal"ik, mes'-, mee'zoh-, -soh-/, adj. Cephalom.having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.[1855-60; MESO- + -CEPHALIC]
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Mesocephalic — Mes o*ce*phal ic, a. [Meso + cephalic.] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head; as, the mesocephalic flexure. (b) Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. (c)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mesocephalic — [mes΄ōsef′ə ləs, mez΄ōsef′ə ləs, mē΄sōsef′ə ləs, mē΄′zōsef′ə ləsmes΄ō sə fal′ik, mez΄ō sə fal′ik] adj. [ MESO + CEPHALIC] having an intermediate head shape with a width of 76 to 80.9 percent of its length from front to back: see also CEPHALIC… … English World dictionary
mesocephalic — 1. adjective Having a head that is not particularly short or long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). 2. noun A mesocephalic person. See Also: mesocephaly, mesocephalism, mesocephalous … Wiktionary
mesocephalic — adj. [Gr. mesos, middle; kephale, head] Having a medium size head … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mesocephalic — Having a head of medium length; denoting a skull with a cephalic index between 75 and 80 and with a capacity of 1350 to 1450 ml, or an individual with such a skull. SYN: mesaticephalic, mesocephalous, normocephalic. [meso + G. kephale … Medical dictionary
mesocephalic — mezəʊsɪ fælɪk / mes adj. having an average size skull … English contemporary dictionary
mesocephalic — [ˌmɛsə(ʊ)sɪ falɪk, ˌmɛz , ˌmi:s , ˌmi:z , kɛ ] adjective Anatomy having a medium sized head … English new terms dictionary
mesocephalic — meso·ce·phal·ic … English syllables
mesocephalic — /mɛsoʊsəˈfælɪk/ (say mesohsuh falik), /miz / (say meez ) adjective having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly …
mesocephalic — a. having medium sized head. ♦ mesocephalus, n. (pl. li ) such person … Dictionary of difficult words
