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oxycephaly

noun

A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.

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turricephaly acrocephaly

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Meanings

nounoxycephaly (countable and uncountable, plural oxycephalies)

plural oxycephalies

countableuncountableA kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.
Synonyms: turricephaly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fusing of all sutures.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape

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Broader

birth defectcongenital anomalycongenital defect

Also see

acrocephaly oxycephalism

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Origin

From oxy- + -cephaly.

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APA

oxycephaly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxycephaly

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“oxycephaly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxycephaly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oxycephaly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oxycephaly.

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