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scaphocephaly
or ····
[ skaf-uh-sef-uh-lee ]
noun
Pathology.
- premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
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Other Word Forms
- ···· [skaf-oh-s, uh, -, fal, -ik], o·a·dzܲ adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of scaphocephaly1
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Example Sentences
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But of these fifty-eight school children only one had four abnormalities—malformed ears, strabismus, prognathism, and slight scaphocephaly.
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Sir Walter Scott had a skull in which premature closure of the sagittal suture produced the appearance of scaphocephaly, but compensation for this elsewhere produced a decidedly different type.
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