Dolichocephalic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dolichocephalic \Dol`i*cho*ce*phal"ic\
     (d[o^]l`[i^]*k[-o]*s[-e]*f[a^]l"[i^]k), Dolichocephalous
  \Dol`i*cho*ceph"a*lous\ (d[o^]l`[i^]*k[-o]*s[e^]f"[.a]*l[u^]s),
     a. [Gr. dolicho`s long + kefalh` head.] (Anat.)
     Having the cranium, or skull, long to its breadth;
     long-headed; -- opposed to {brachycephalic}. --


     {Dol`i*cho*ceph"al}, a. & n. Dolichocephaly

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dolichocephalic
       adj : having a relatively long head with a cephalic index of under
             75 [syn: {dolichocranial}, {dolichocranic}] [ant: {brachycephalic}]