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Meaning of "mesocephalic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MESOCEPHALIC

mesocephalic  [ˌmɛsəʊsɪˈfælɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESOCEPHALIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mesocephalic can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MESOCEPHALIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mesocephalic

Cephalic index

The cephalic index or cranial index is the ratio of the maximum width of the head of an organism multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length. Cephalic index The index was widely used by anthropologists in the early 20th century to categorize human populations, and by Carleton S. Coon in the 1960s. Today it is mainly used to describe individuals' appearances and for estimating the age of fetuses for legal and obstetrical reasons. The index is also used to categorize animals, especially dogs and cats.

Definition of mesocephalic in the English dictionary

The definition of mesocephalic in the dictionary is having a medium-sized head, esp one with a cephalic index between 75 and 80. Other definition of mesocephalic is an individual with such a head.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESOCEPHALIC


brachiocephalic
ˌbreɪkɪəsɪˈfælɪk
brachycephalic
ˌbrækɪsɪˈfælɪk
cephalic
sɪˈfælɪk
diencephalic
ˌdaɪensɪˈfælɪk
dolichocephalic
ˌdɒlɪkəʊsɪˈfælɪk
encephalic
ˌɛnsɪˈfælɪk
ithyphallic
ˌɪθɪˈfælɪk
leptocephalic
ˌlɛptəʊsɪˈfælɪk
macrocephalic
ˌmækrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
megacephalic
ˌmɛɡəsɪˈfælɪk
mesencephalic
ˌmɛsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
metencephalic
ˌmɛtɛnsɪˈfælɪk
microcephalic
ˌmaɪkrəʊsɪˈfælɪk
orthocephalic
ˌɔːθəʊsɪˈfælɪk
oxycephalic
ˌɒksɪsɪˈfælɪk
platycephalic
ˌplætɪsɪˈfælɪk
procephalic
ˌprəʊsɪˈfælɪk
prosencephalic
ˌprɒsɛnsɪˈfælɪk
rhinencephalic
ˌraɪnɛnsɪˈfælɪk
telencephalic
ˌtɛlɛnsɪˈfælɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESOCEPHALIC

mesobenthos
mesoblast
mesoblastic
mesocarp
mesocephalism
mesocephalous
mesocephaly
mesocrany
mesocratic
mesocyclone
mesoderm
mesodermal
mesodermic
mesogastric
mesogastrium
mesoglea
mesogleal
mesogloea
mesognathism
mesognathous

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESOCEPHALIC

acephalic
anencephalic
Daedalic
epencephalic
hydrocephalic
italic
malic
megalocephalic
mesaticephalic
myelencephalic
naphthalic
omphalic
pachalic
pashalic
salic
scaphocephalic
terephthalic
thalamencephalic
Uralic
zoocephalic

Synonyms and antonyms of mesocephalic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mesocephalic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MESOCEPHALIC

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The translations of mesocephalic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mesocephalic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mesocephalic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mesocefálico
570 millions of speakers

English

mesocephalic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mesocephalic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معتدل القحف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мезоцефальный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mesocefálico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাঝারি আকারের মস্তকবিশিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mésocéphales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mesocephalic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mesozephalen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mesocephalic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mesocephalic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mesocephalic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mesocephalic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடுத்தரத்தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेसोसेफेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mesocephalic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mesocephalic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mesocephalic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мезоцефальний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mesocephalic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mesocephalic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mesocephalic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mesocephalic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mesocephalic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mesocephalic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOCEPHALIC»

The term «mesocephalic» is used very little and occupies the 185.399 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MESOCEPHALIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mesocephalic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOCEPHALIC»

Discover the use of mesocephalic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesocephalic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Small Animal Dentistry
MESOCEPHALIC. DOG. The mandible is shorter and less wide than the upper jaw. This means that: ○ There is a scissor bite of the incisor teeth (Fig. 2.1). ○ There is interdigitation of the canine teeth (Fig. 2.2). ○ The incisor scissor bite and ...
Cecilia Gorrel, 2008
2
Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe
The latter is paralleled, however, in Bulgaria, where 23 percent of the population is brachycephalic and 77 percent dolichocephalic and mesocephalic, and in Serbia, where 30 percent is brachycephalic and 70 percent dolichocephalic and  ...
Traian Stoianovich, 1994
3
Saunders Solutions in Veterinary Practice: Small Animal ...
MESOCEPHALIC. DOG. The mandible is shorter and less wide than the upper jaw. This means that: ○ There is a scissor bite of the incisor teeth (Fig. 2.1). ○ There is interdigitation of the canine teeth (Fig. 2.2). ○ The incisor scissor bite and ...
Cecilia Gorrel, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Biometrics: I - Z.
While most human population fall into a brachycephalic, mesocephalic, or dolicocephalic head shape, the variation in shape within any given group typically exceeds variation between groups [2]. Overall, though, dolicocephalic forms tend to ...
Stan Z. Li, 2009
5
Fieldmuseum of natural history
At present no figUres are available from Saudi Arabia, but my prediction is that the inhabitants north of the Rub'a al Khali are mesocephalic to dolichocephalic, particularly since the Beduins of Trans-Jordan, Syria, and Iraq, whose direct ...
H.Field
6
Textbook of Radiographic Positioning & Related Anatomy - ...
morPHoloGY. (ClassiFiCaTions. BY. sHaPe. and. siZe). Mesocephalic Skull The shape of the average head is termed mesocephalic (mes′′-o- se-fal′-ik). The average caliper measurements of the adult skull are 15 cm between the parietal ...
Kenneth L Bontrager
7
Resurrecting Pompeii
The orbits were found to be proportionately larger in the female sample.16 It is worth noting that though Nicolucci claimed that the population was mostly mesocephalic, there actually were equal numbers of brachycephalic and mesocephalic ...
Estelle Lazer, 2009
8
The Angami Nagas
1 ± 0.43) and that of females (77.21 ± 0.72) suggests that both are mesocephalic in average. The majority of the males (48%) are mesocephalic. Dolichocephalic ( including hyper dolichocephalic) and brachycephalic (including hyperbrachy ...
Renu Suri, 2006
9
Microevolution
They .are mesocephalic, hypsicephalic and acroce- phalic in the majority. The face is euryprosopic and is of euryne type. They have platyrrhine nose, but the frequencies of mesorrhine is also high. The Pnars are characterised by very short  ...
Bhuban Mohan Das, 1981
10
The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America
They (1968) established different genera for each of their presumed “ brachycephalic,” mesocephalic, and “dolichocephalic” lineages, or tended to assign a new generic name to notably robust or otherwise “unusual” specimens. Further ...
Donald R. Prothero, Robert J. Emry, 2005

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MESOCEPHALIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mesocephalic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Infographic: How Dogs Evolved
Mesocephalic skulls are the most common, and dedicate equal portions of the skull to cranium and nasal cavity, while brachycephalic skulls ... «Co.Design, Jan 14»

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