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PRONUNCIATION OF SCAPHOCEPHALY

scaphocephaly  [ˌskæfəʊˈsɛfəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCAPHOCEPHALY

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Scaphocephaly is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SCAPHOCEPHALY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scaphocephaly

Scaphocephaly, derived from the Greek skaphe, describes a specific variety of a long narrow head that resembles an inverted boat. It is a type of cephalic disorder which occurs when there is a premature fusion of the sagittal suture. The sagittal suture joins together the two parietal bones of skull. Scaphocephaly is the most common of the craniosynostosis conditions and is characterized by a long, narrow head.

Definition of scaphocephaly in the English dictionary

The definition of scaphocephaly in the dictionary is the condition of having a scaphocephalic head.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCAPHOCEPHALY


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
oxycephaly
ˌɒksɪˈsɛfəlɪ
plagiocephaly
ˌpleɪdʒɪəʊˈsɛfəlɪ
purposefully
ˈpɜːpəsfəlɪ
sinfully
ˈsɪnfəlɪ
unmercifully
ʌnˈmɜːsɪfəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCAPHOCEPHALY

scapegoat
scapegoatism
scapegrace
scapeless
scapement
scapewheel
scaphocephalic
scaphocephalism
scaphocephalous
scaphocephalus
scaphoid
scaphopod
scapigerous
scapolite
scapose
scapple
scapula
scapulae
scapular
scapulary

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCAPHOCEPHALY

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 scaphocephaly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «scaphocephaly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCAPHOCEPHALY

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Translator English - Chinese

scaphocephaly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escafocefalia
570 millions of speakers

English

scaphocephaly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scaphocephaly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تزورق الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скафоцефалия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escafocefalias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scaphocephaly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scaphocéphalie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scaphocephaly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Skaphozephalie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scaphocephaly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scaphocephaly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scaphocephaly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scaphocephaly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scaphocephaly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्प्पेसिसफाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scaphocephaly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scafocefalia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scaphocephaly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скафоцефалія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scaphocephaly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκαφοκεφαλία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scaphocephaly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scaphocephaly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scaphocephaly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scaphocephaly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAPHOCEPHALY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCAPHOCEPHALY» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAPHOCEPHALY»

Discover the use of scaphocephaly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scaphocephaly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
Roberto Kodili Abstract The author reporls on the mathematical and geometrical principles of cranioplasty used for the surgical treatment of patients with scaphocephaly. After a review of classical mathematical procedures utilized to modify the ...
Kiyonori Harii, 1995
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Craniofacial Sutures: Development, Disease and Treatment
Scaphocephaly Scaphocephaly or boat skull (scaphos boat, cephalos head) is the most common form of cranial deformity in craniosynostosis. This deformity is the result of premature closure of the sagittal suture and therefore it is also called  ...
David P. Rice, 2008
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Paleopathology
sionally accompanies the sagittal synostosis. Less commonly, scaphocephaly forms part of a more major craniofacial malformation, such as Crouzon or Carpenter syndromes. Paleopathology One of the first scaphocephaly skulls was officially ...
Arthur C. Aufderheide, Rodreguez-martin Conrado, 1998
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Neurosurgery
Among patients with an uncorrected scaphocephaly, the frequency even increases 4-fold after one year of age. Renier found a statistically significant relationship between preoperative elevated ICP and decreased IQ level [103].
Christianto B. Lumenta, Concezio Di Rocco, Jens Haase, 2009
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Plastic Techniques in Neurosurgery
Scaphocephaly (Sagittal Synostosis) Scaphocephaly remains the most common of the cra- niosynostoses treated by most craniofacial teams (Fig. 4-13). Until recently, this disorder has been considered among the most benign in affecting the ...
James T. Goodrich, David A. Staffenberg, 2004
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Pediatric Neuroradiology
30.6.1 Single Suture Synostoses 30.6.1.1 Scaphocephaly Scaphocephaly, or dolichocephaly, is classically considered the most common form of CS. It accounts for 50% of all cases and is usually an isolated finding [49] . It is caused by partial ...
Paolo Tortori-Donati, Andrea Rossi, 2005
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Issues in Aesthetic, Craniofacial, Maxillofacial, Oral, and ...
University of Tubingen: Value of highresolution ultrasound in the differential diagnosis of scaphocephaly and occipital plagiocephaly By a News Reporter- Staff News Editor at Pain 81 Central Nervous System Week -- Investigators discuss new ...
‎2013
8
Atlas of Instruments in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
TYPES OF SKULL DEFORMITIES Scaphocephaly (Dolichocephaly) Scaphocephaly is the result of premature fusion of the sagittal (Figs 32.1A and B) and the most common type.27 It is also termed boat skull. The skull grows parallel to the ...
Vincent A. Thamburaj, 2012
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Schmidek and Sweet: Operative Neurosurgical Techniques: ...
The standard scaphocephaly technique is applied in cases of scaphocephaly in children between 5 and 9 months of age, regardless of the presence of severe compensating frontal bossing (Fig. 65-2). It consists of a sagittal suturectomy with  ...
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, 2012
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Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers
Case 68 Scaphocephaly Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh, Jeffrey Atkinson, Jean-Pierre Farmer, and Jose Luis Montes □ Answers (continued) Case 69 Spontaneous Cerebrospinal Fistula Jeffrey Atkinson,. □ Clinical Presentation • A 3-month-old ...
Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J Sabbagh, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAPHOCEPHALY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scaphocephaly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hỏi đáp Y học: Hội chứng Crouzon
... hoặc quá dài (hình thuyền, scaphocephaly), hoặc cao nghệu như một cái tháp, hoặc hình tam giác nếu nhìn từ trên xuống, phía trước hẹp (trigonocephaly). «VOA Tiếng Việt, Jun 15»
2
Craniosynostosis And Newborns: Baby With Oblong Head …
When this suture closes too early, the baby's head will grow long and narrow (scaphocephaly). It is the most common type of craniosynostosis. For more great ... «Science World Report, Jun 15»
3
Baby has head put back together 'like a JIGSAW' to correct rare defect
A baby had his head put back together 'like a JIGSAW' to correct a rare defect. Little Hayden Golding suffered with scaphocephaly craniosynostosis, a condition ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Cranial Technologies opens third Illinois location, expands …
Scaphocephaly - the head is long and narrow. Premature babies who spend time in a NICU may develop long, narrow heads. Cranial helmet therapy may help ... «PR Newswire, Aug 14»
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Scaphocephaly surgery at Children's Hospital of Georgia reshaped …
James had scaphocephaly, where the sagittal suture that runs down the middle of his skull and allows it to grow had fused too early. With growth occurring at ... «The Augusta Chronicle, Aug 14»
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Lasting Effects of Being Born Too Early
I was born with scaphocephaly and it didn't help that I was on a C-PAP machine for the first 4 months of my life, always on one side or the other. I've always been ... «TIME, Aug 13»
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Giving the gift of life
The operation is to correct scaphocephaly, a condition that results from fusion of the sagittal suture. A long, narrow-shaped head is the result of this condition, ... «Sault Star, Jul 12»
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Face-to-face With An Ancient Human
Ms Barber´s work revealed that the Viste Boy had scaphocephaly (“boat-head”), a congenital deformity which makes the skull long and narrow. She left the ... «RedOrbit, Oct 11»
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The Evolution of Surgical Management for Craniosynostosis
... Epstein F, Newman G: Total vertex craniectomy for the treatment of scaphocephaly. ... Greene CS Jr, Winston KR: Treatment of scaphocephaly with sagittal ... «Medscape, Jan 11»
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New STAR Cranial Center of Excellence Offers Cutting-Edge …
... scaphocephaly, which is a long and narrow head shape frequently seen with infants born prematurely, and craniosynostosis, which is a condition in which one ... «PR Newswire, Jun 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Scaphocephaly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scaphocephaly>. Apr 2024 ».
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