- oxycephaly
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oxycephaly
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Oxycephaly — Classification and external resources ICD 10 Q75.0 ICD 9 756.0 Oxycephaly, also known as turricephal … Wikipedia
oxycephaly — [äk΄si sef′ə lē] n. [< OXY 2 + Gr kephalē, head: see CEPHALIC] a condition in which the skull has a peaked or somewhat conical shape, specif. as a result of the premature closing of the skull sutures oxycephalic [äks΄isə fal′ik] adj.… … English World dictionary
oxycephaly — oxycephalic /ok see seuh fal ik/, oxycephalous, adj. /ok si sef euh lee/, n. Pathol. a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures. Also called acrocephaly. [1890 95; < G Oxycephalie < Gk… … Universalium
oxycephaly — A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical skull. SYN: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly … Medical dictionary
oxycephaly — É‘ksɪ sefÉ™lɪ / É’k n. pointed skull … English contemporary dictionary
oxycephaly — turricephaly; n. a deformity of the bones of the skull giving the head a pointed appearance. See: craniosynostosis Derivatives: oxycephalic adj … The new mediacal dictionary
oxycephaly — noun a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape • Syn: ↑acrocephaly • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality * … Useful english dictionary
Оксицефалия (Oxycephaly, Turricephaly) — деформация костей черепа, благодаря которой череп приобретает коническую форму. См. Краниосиностоз. Оксицефаляческий (oxycephalic). Источник: Медицинский словарь … Медицинские термины
steeple head — oxycephaly … Medical dictionary
ОКСИЦЕФАЛИЯ — (oxycephaly, turricephaly) деформация костей черепа, благодаря которой череп приобретает коническую форму. См. Краниосиностоз. Оксицефаляческий (oxycephalic) … Толковый словарь по медицине
