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Meaning of "oxycephaly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OXYCEPHALY

From Greek oxus sharp + -cephaly.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OXYCEPHALY

oxycephaly  [ˌɒksɪˈsɛfəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OXYCEPHALY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Oxycephaly 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 OXYCEPHALY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Oxycephaly

Oxycephaly, also known as turricephaly, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, oxycephalia, steeple head, tower head, tower skull, high-head syndrome and Turmschädel, is a type of cephalic disorder where the top of the skull is pointed or conical due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures. It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly is the most severe of the craniosynostoses.

Definition of oxycephaly in the English dictionary

The definition of oxycephaly in the dictionary is the condition of having a conical skull.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OXYCEPHALY


autocephaly
ˌɔːtəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
awfully
ˈɔːfəlɪ
brachycephaly
ˌbrækɪˈsɛfəlɪ
dolichocephaly
ˌdɒlɪkəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
fruitfully
ˈfruːtfəlɪ
hydrocephaly
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
macrencephaly
ˌmækrənˈsɛfəlɪ
macrocephaly
ˌmækrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
masterfully
ˈmɑːstəfəlɪ
megacephaly
ˌmɛɡəˈsɛfəlɪ
megalocephaly
ˌmɛɡələʊˈsɛfəlɪ
mesaticephaly
ˌmɛsətɪˈsɛfəlɪ
mesocephaly
ˌmɛsəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
microcephaly
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
Offaly
ˈɒfəlɪ
plagiocephaly
ˌpleɪdʒɪəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
purposefully
ˈpɜːpəsfəlɪ
scaphocephaly
ˌskæfəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
sinfully
ˈsɪnfəlɪ
unmercifully
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OXYCEPHALY

oxyacetylene
oxyacetylene burner
oxyacetylene torch
oxyacetylene welding
oxyacid
oxycephalic
oxycephalous
oxycodone hydrochloride
OxyContin
oxygen
oxygen acid
oxygen bar
oxygen bottle
oxygen cylinder
oxygen effect
oxygen mask
oxygen tank
oxygen tent
oxygen weed
oxygenase

WORDS THAT END LIKE OXYCEPHALY

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 oxycephaly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «oxycephaly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OXYCEPHALY

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

Translator English - Chinese

oxycephaly
1,325 millions of speakers

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oxycephaly
570 millions of speakers

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oxycephaly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

oxycephaly
380 millions of speakers
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oxycephaly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

oxycephaly
278 millions of speakers

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oxycephaly
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Translator English - Bengali

oxycephaly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Oxycéphalie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Oksycephaly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

oxycephaly
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Translator English - Japanese

oxycephaly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

oxycephaly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Oxycephaly
85 millions of speakers
vi

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oxycephaly
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Translator English - Tamil

oxycephaly
75 millions of speakers

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ऑक्सिसेफली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oxycephaly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oxycephaly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oxycephaly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

oxycephaly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

oxycephaly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

oxycephaly
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

oxycephaly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

oxycephaly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oxycephaly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of oxycephaly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OXYCEPHALY»

The term «oxycephaly» is used very little and occupies the 188.442 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OXYCEPHALY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «oxycephaly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «oxycephaly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OXYCEPHALY»

Discover the use of oxycephaly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to oxycephaly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Craniosynostosis: Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management
In 1926, Greig (76) studied three adults and two children with oxycephaly, examined a series of skulls at the Museum of Edinburgh, and published a classification of oxycephaly (Table 9-3) based on the time of onset of synostosis.
Meyer Michael Cohen, Ruth E. MacLean, 2000
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developmenta; abnormalities of the third eye
This extreme degree of proptosis is almost equalled in a case of true oxycephaly reported by Allison Davis. In this case (a boy aged 12) the eyes were wide apart and the X-ray showed a Fig. Oa. Typical appearance in oxycephaly (a composite  ...
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Journal of Radiology
Dock, C.: Oxycephaly and exophthalmos. Contributions to Med. and Biol. Research. Hoeber, New York, I9I9, I:433. I5. Feet, E.: Ein Fall von angeborenem Turmschaedel mit merkwuerdigen Nebensymptomen. Cor.-Bl. f. schweiz. Aerzte.
‎1922
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology
Oxycephaly Several writers equate this term with turricephaly, although others identify oxycephaly with an abnormally high and conical head showing anterior- posterior shortening and increased height near the bregma region (David et al., ...
Arthur C. Aufderheide, Rodreguez-martin Conrado, 1998
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Textbooks of Operative Neurosurgery ( 2 Vol.)
Ramamurthi, Ravi Ramamurti et al (eds). (a) (b) (c) (f) (g) (h) (i) Fig. 31.21a-i (a) Oxycephaly: left lateral, (b) Oxycephaly frontal view, (c) Oxycephaly tangential view: note the bulge at the anterior fontanel and the proptosis. (d) Oxycephaly: ...
Ramamurthi, Ravi Ramamurti et al (eds), 2005
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Craniosynostoses
Oxycephaly. Typical bregmatic bump is clearly seen on. Typical features include brachyturricephaly, a bulging forehead, biparietal narrowing, and an occipital midline concavity. This type of craniosynostosis has been described several ...
M. Muenke, W. Kress, H. Collmann, 2011
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Textbook of Ophthalmology
Oxycephaly 2. Brachycephaly 3. Scaphocephaly 4. Plagiocephaly 5. Platycephaly All sutures particularly coronal suture Coronal suture (bilateral) Sagittal suture Coronal suture (unilateral) Occipitoparietal suture fontanelle, which remains ...
Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002
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Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive and Corrective Bone ...
A. Complete, early premature synostosis of the cranial sutures (oxycephaly, turricephaly) 1. Oxycephaly without facial deformity 2. Craniofacial dysostosis of Crouzon 3. Acrocephalosyndactylism 4. Delayed oxycephaly (onset after birth) B.
Alex M. Greenberg, Joachim Prein, 2002
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Companion to Clinical Neurology
oxycephaly. (Gr, sharp þ head) 1. A congenital deformity of the skull which is high and conical due to too early closure of The tête en poire of King Louis XVI was presumably so caused. Increased intracranial pressure, optic atrophy, and ...
FRCP William Pryse-Phillips MD, FRCP(C) Faculty of Medicine Health Sciences Centre Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's Newfoundland, 2009
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Paediatric Neurology
Brachycephalyarises through symmetrical premature closure ofthe coronary suture alone (Figure 9.1),and oxycephaly arisesthrough symmetrical premature closure ofthe coronary suture andone more suture.The infant has ashort,narrow, tall ...
Ingrid Gamstorp, 1985

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OXYCEPHALY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term oxycephaly is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Evolution of Surgical Management for Craniosynostosis
Faber HK, Towne EB: Early craniectomy as a preventive measure in oxycephaly and allied conditions: with special reference to the prevention of blindness. «Medscape, Jan 11»

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