Definition of "brachycephaly" []

• A congenital condition wherein the skull is flattened front-to-back, so that the head is short and broad. (noun)

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• "Morphological traits such as brachycephaly are characteristic of certain breeds and had a functional purpose at the time that those breeds were created."
• "From Central Asia eastward to the Pacific Islands and subcontinents on the one hand, and to America on the other, brachycephaly and orthognathism gradually diminish, and are replaced by dolichocephaly and prognathism, less, however, on the"
• "On the other hand, the Borreby skulls are all somewhat broader, in proportion to their length, than the Neanderthal skull, while some attain that proportion of breadth to length (80: 100) which constitutes brachycephaly."