Definitions for orthocephalic

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orthocephalic or·tho·ce·phal·ic

Spelling: [awr-thoh-suh-fal-ik]

IPA: /ˌɔr θoʊ səˈfæl ɪk/

Orthocephalic is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 1542 anagrams from letters in orthocephalic (accehhilooprt).

Definitions for orthocephalic

adjective

1. having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.

Origin of orthocephalic

1860-65; New Latin orthocephal(us) (see ortho-, cephal-) + -ic

Examples for orthocephalic

It is thus that we recognise low skulls (platycephalic), medium (orthocephalic or metriocephalic), or high (hypsicephalic).