platycephalic

platycephalic
/plat'ee seuh fal"ik/, adj. Cephalom.
having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
Also, platycephalous /plat'i sef"euh leuhs/.
[1860-65; PLATY- + -CEPHALIC]

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