Definition of "mesaticephalic" []

• Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth. (adjective)

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• "Thus the vast majority of heads are mesaticephalic with more tendency toward brachycephaly than to dolichocephaly."
• "Ten are dolichocephalic, 71 to 74.6; twenty-nine are mesaticephalic, 75.2 to 79.7; twelve are brachycephalic, 80.4 to 84.8, and two are hyperbrachycephalic, 85 and 96.3."
• "The head index is generally mesaticephalic, but three are dolichocephalic and two brachycephalic, the amount of variation being surprising."