TAPEINOCEPHALIC


Meaning of TAPEINOCEPHALIC in English

tə|pīnōsə̇|falik, -pān- adjective

Etymology: French tapinocéphale (from Greek tapeinos low + French -céphale -cephalic) + English -ic

: having a low skull with a breadth-height index of less than 79 due to synostosis of the great wings of the sphenoid with the frontal bone

• ta·pei·no·ceph·a·lism noun -s

• ta·pei·no·ceph·a·ly -_lē noun -es

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