Plagiocephalic
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plagiocephalic — Relating to or marked by plagiocephaly. SYN: plagiocephalous … Medical dictionary
plagiocephalic — adj. having a deformed skull, having an incorrectly formed skull … English contemporary dictionary
plagiocephalic — … Useful english dictionary
plagiocephaly — plagiocephalic /play jee oh seuh fal ik/, plagiocephalous, adj. /play jee euh sef euh lee/, n. Med. a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear. Also, plagiocephalism … Universalium
plagiocephalous — SYN: plagiocephalic … Medical dictionary
plagiocephaly — An asymmetric craniostenosis due to premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures on one side; characterized by an oblique deformity of the skull. SYN: asynclitism of the skull, plagiocephali … Medical dictionary
plagiocephaly — noun congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique • Hypernyms: ↑deformity, ↑malformation, ↑misshapenness, ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
