Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having an index of breadth from 75 to 80 (Topinard): applied to skulls.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; neither brachycephalic nor dolichocephalic.
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- adjective anatomy Having a
cranium with amedium ratio oflength tobreadth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Seven are brachycephalic and seven are mesaticephalic while one is dolichocephalic (73.2).
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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All are mesaticephalic and their indices cover the entire range of this class, 74 to 80.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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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 Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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The cephalic index varied from 73.40 (dolichocephalic) to 85.47 (brachycephalic), with an average index of 78.43 (mesaticephalic).
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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Six are brachycephalic, and four mesaticephalic, the variation extending from 75.7 to 96.3.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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With two exceptions all are of about the same low stature, all mesaticephalic, all platyrhinian or nearly so.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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Thus the vast majority of heads are mesaticephalic with more tendency toward brachycephaly than to dolichocephaly.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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The head index is generally mesaticephalic, but three are dolichocephalic and two brachycephalic, the amount of variation being surprising.
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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The cephalic index of all but four of the 24 individuals was between 89 and 80 (brachycephalic), one was 79.9, two were 79, and one 76 (mesaticephalic).
The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon David Prescott Barrows 1913
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Of the twenty-nine women twelve are brachycephalic; twelve are mesaticephalic; and five are dolichocephalic.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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