SCAPHOCEPHALY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scaphocephaly mean? 

• SCAPHOCEPHALY (noun)
  The noun SCAPHOCEPHALY has 1 sense:

1. congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation

  Familiarity information: SCAPHOCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCAPHOCEPHALY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Congenital malformation of the skull which is long and narrow; frequently accompanied by mental retardation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("scaphocephaly" is a kind of...):

deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)

birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)