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acrocephaly

ac·ro·cep·haly

uncommon

noun

1.

a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape

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Origin

From acro- + -cephaly, from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, on the extremity”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

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