Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an abnormally long narrow skull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Boat-shaped: applied to a skull deformed from the premature union of the sagittal suture, whereby the transverse growth is prevented, with an increase in the vertical and longitudinal directions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or affected with, scaphocephaly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective anatomy Of, pertaining to, or affected with
scaphocephaly .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek skaphē, boat + –cephalic.]
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oroboros commented on the word scaphocephalic
Having a long, narrow (boat-shaped) skull.
March 10, 2009
bilby commented on the word scaphocephalic
I think most of my friends are like this. Except Albert, whose skull resembles a three-rig cattletruck, and Louisa, who describes herself as a globe artichoke.
March 10, 2009
sionnach commented on the word scaphocephalic
Not to be confused with caprocephalic, meaning having a long, narrow, omnivorous, goat-shaped skull.
March 11, 2009