Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a short, broad head with a cephalic index over 80.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Short-headed: applied, in ethnology, to heads whose diameter from side to side is not much less than that from front to back, their ratio being as 80 to 100, as those of the Mongolian type; and also to races or individuals having such heads: opposed to dolichocephalic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from
dolichocephalic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a person or animal Having a
head that isshort from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). - noun A brachycephalic person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an adult with a short broad head
- adjective having a short broad head with a cephalic index of over 80
Etymologies
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Examples
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The former is called brachycephalic (short-headed), and the latter dolichocephalic
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Short-nosed breeds, known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world, have a skull formation that affects their airways.
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Short-nosed breeds, known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world, have a skull formation that affects their airways.
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Short-nosed breeds, known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world, have a skull formation that affects their airways.
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Short-nosed breeds - known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world - have a skull formation that affects their airways, said Dan Bandy of Shawnee, Okla., chairman of the Bulldog Club of
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Short-nosed breeds - known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world - have a skull formation that affects their airways, said
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Short-nosed breeds - known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world - have a skull formation that affects their airways, said Dan Bandy of Shawnee, Okla., chairman of the Bulldog Club of
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These flat-facers or nearly so are known officially as brachycephalic dogs, says Ann Hohenhaus, veterinarian and staff oncologist at the Animal Medical Center.
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"I wouldn't breed a pug with an English bulldog," he says, because both breeds are brachycephalic, or have pushed-in snouts, which means a tendency for breathing disorders.
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The DOT says about 60% of dog deaths aboard airlines are brachycephalic dogs.
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