Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The condition of having a scaphocephalic skull.
Wiktionary
- n. pathology A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened side-to-side.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Anat.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped.
WordNet 3.0
- n. congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation
Etymologies
- scapho- + -cephaly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“My son has a condition called scaphocephaly but is this a disability? en Español”
“These children end up with a very narrow and long skull, almost shaped like a canoe doctors call this shape “scaphocephaly,” which derives from the Greek skaph, meaning “boat”.”
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