Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word TURRICEPHALY

Definitions of TURRICEPHALY

1. oxycephaly

Examples of Using TURRICEPHALY in a Sentence

• Oxycephaly (or acrocephaly) is a form of turricephaly where the head is cone-shaped, and is the most severe of the craniosynostoses.
• Examples include: trigonocephaly (fusion of the metopic suture), brachycephaly (fusion of the coronal suture and lambdoid suture bilaterally), dolichocephaly (fusion of the sagittal suture), plagiocephaly (fusion of coronal and lambdoidal sutures unilaterally) and oxycephaly or turricephaly (fusion of coronal and lambdoid sutures).
• It can present in nonsyndromic forms (isolated scaphocephaly, right unicoronal synostosis, and turricephaly), but also in syndromic forms such as:.
• Musculoskeletal system: brachycephaly, coronal synostosis, dolichocephaly, flat occiput, frontal bossing, maxilla hypoplasia, scaphocephaly, metopic synostosis, oxycephaly, prominent metopic ridge, sagittal craniosynostosis, trigonocephaly, turricephaly.

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