OXYCEPHALY

oxycephaly, acrocephaly

(noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oxycephaly (countable and uncountable, plural oxycephalies)

A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.

Synonyms

• turricephaly

Source: Wiktionary



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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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