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Definition of: brachycephalic
(brak′i·sə·fal′ik) adjective
1. Anat. Having a short skull of excessive breadth; round-headed.
2. In anthropometry, characterized by a skull whose cephalic index is at least 80. Also brach·y·ceph·a·lous (brak′· ē·sef′ə·ləs). [<NL brachycephalicus <Gk. brachykephalos <brachys short + kephalē head]
—brach′y·ceph′a·ly noun
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