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SCAPHOCEPHALY
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I. (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)