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mesocephaly

Meaning of "mesocephaly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MESOCEPHALY

ˌmɛsəʊˈsɛfəlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MESOCEPHALY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mesocephaly is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES MESOCEPHALY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 mesocephaly in the English dictionary

The definition of mesocephaly in the dictionary is the condition of having a medium-sized head, esp one with a cephalic index between 75 and 80.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MESOCEPHALY

autocephaly · awfully · brachycephaly · dolichocephaly · fruitfully · hydrocephaly · macrencephaly · macrocephaly · masterfully · megacephaly · megalocephaly · mesaticephaly · microcephaly · Offaly · oxycephaly · plagiocephaly · purposefully · scaphocephaly · sinfully · unmercifully

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MESOCEPHALY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MESOCEPHALY

acromegaly · anencephaly · anomaly · bialy · cardiomegaly · charcoaly · coaly · gravity anomaly · Healy · hepatomegaly · Italy · magnetic anomaly · mealy · mean anomaly · orthocephaly · paly · scaly · shaly · splenomegaly · Thessaly

Synonyms and antonyms of mesocephaly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mesocephaly» into 25 languages

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mesocephaly
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mesocefalia
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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Mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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Mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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मेसोसेफली
75 millions of speakers
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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mesocephaly
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MESOCEPHALY»

Discover the use of mesocephaly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mesocephaly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Balkan Worlds: The First and Last Europe
A north central and eastern zone of dolichocephaly-mesocephaly and medium stature and a southern zone of dolichocephaly-mesocephaly and short-to- medium stature complete the picture. This kind of distribution suggests that the western ...
Traian Stoianovich, 1994
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Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Safety
According to the value of R, the head form of Chinese young male can be divided into seven types, which are Hyperdolichocephaly, Dolichocephaly, Mesocephaly, Brachycephaly, Hyperbrachycephaly, Ultrabrachycephaly and Flat Head Type ...
Tareq Z. Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski, 2012
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The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography
293); they are short, sub-brachycephalic, except in Kwang-si, where mesocephaly predominates, in consequence, Fig. 118. — Educated Chinaman of Manchu origin, interpreter to Embassy, twenty-one years old, height Iin. 75. {Coll. Mm. Nat.
Joseph Deniker, 1900
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People of India: Maharashtra
The primitive people occupying the mountainous and forest regions of the Satpuda have a cephalic index ranging from 76 to mesocephaly. They are thus on the border of dolicocephally and mesocephaly. They all have a broad nose, short ...
B. V. Bhanu, 2004
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Physical Anthropology of the Koch Populations of India: A ...
It is also to be noted that the variation between DA and NO is also statistically significant. Among DA ‚(42.oo%> and DI (36.00%) braehyeephaiy is followed by mesocephaly in number, while in NO the next highest percentages is shown by ...
Sarthak Sengupta, 1993
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Anthropology
They are on the border-line between mesocephaly and brachycephaly. The nose is lepto to mesorrhine and the stature is medium to tall. 2. Brachycephals (i) Georgianus. The Imeri and Svani are some of the members of this group. They have ...
Ram Nath Sharma, Rajendra K. Sharma, 1997
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Handbook of Middle American Indians: Physical anthropology, ...
Between-group Comparisons The predominance of an intermediate cephalic index ( mesocephaly ) in northern Mexico and a higher index (brachycephaly) in the region of the Gulf of Mexico and to the southeast of the Gulf is well known.
Robert Wauchope, 1970
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The Brahmaputra valley population
Accordingly, among them percentages of mesocephaly predominate, mostly followed by that of brachycephaly. In the Rabha and Garo the percentages of brachyepha- ly is negligeable. Among them dolichocephaly predominates followed by ...
Bhuban Mohan Das, 1997
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American Anthropologist
If we compare the percentages of the whole, regardless of age, we have the following table: Table II Dolichocephaly ] Mesocephaly j Brachycephaly So far as these results go it can not be said that there is a real sex difference (a fact found also ...
‎1911
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Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary
... obtained by dividing the maximal breadth of the head by its maximal length and multiplying by . Medium heads (mesocephaly) have an index number from . to . cm. Long heads (dolichocephaly) have an index below . cm.
Robert Jean Campbell, 2009
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