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What does brachycephaly mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad.
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To correct brachycephaly both fused sutures are removed and the skull is narrowed and lengthened.
Simple brachycephaly is due to early synostosis of the nasal and sphenoid.
The Anglo-Saxon type is over-all mesocephalic, with a minor tendency towards brachycephaly, possibly reflecting a measure of round-headedness in the Cro-Magnid strain.
The Pawnees and Kiowas are tall and mesocephalic, with a tendency towards brachycephaly.
Now six-month-old Lucy has been diagnosed with severe Brachycephaly and Plagiocephaly, commonly known as Flat Head Syndrome, causing her head to be misshapen.
The head shapes include brachycephaly, scaphocephaly, and trigonocephaly.

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