Oxycephaly

Oxycephaly
Oxycephaly
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 Q75.0
ICD-9 756.0

Oxycephaly, also known as turricephaly and high-head syndrome, is a type of cephalic disorder. This is a term sometimes used to describe the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, or it may be used to describe the premature fusing of all sutures. It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly is the most severe of the craniostenoses.

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  • oxycephaly — [äk΄si sef′ə lē] n. [< OXY 2 + Gr kephalē, head: see CEPHALIC] a condition in which the skull has a peaked or somewhat conical shape, specif. as a result of the premature closing of the skull sutures oxycephalic [äks΄isə fal′ik] adj.… …   English World dictionary

  • oxycephaly — oxycephalic /ok see seuh fal ik/, oxycephalous, adj. /ok si sef euh lee/, n. Pathol. a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures. Also called acrocephaly. [1890 95; < G Oxycephalie < Gk… …   Universalium

  • oxycephaly — A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical skull. SYN: acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly …   Medical dictionary

  • oxycephaly — É‘ksɪ sefÉ™lɪ / É’k n. pointed skull …   English contemporary dictionary

  • oxycephaly — oxy·ceph·a·ly …   English syllables

  • oxycephaly — turricephaly; n. a deformity of the bones of the skull giving the head a pointed appearance. See: craniosynostosis Derivatives: oxycephalic adj …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • oxycephaly — noun a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape • Syn: ↑acrocephaly • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality * …   Useful english dictionary

  • Оксицефалия (Oxycephaly, Turricephaly) — деформация костей черепа, благодаря которой череп приобретает коническую форму. См. Краниосиностоз. Оксицефаляческий (oxycephalic). Источник: Медицинский словарь …   Медицинские термины

  • steeple head — oxycephaly …   Medical dictionary

  • ОКСИЦЕФАЛИЯ — (oxycephaly, turricephaly) деформация костей черепа, благодаря которой череп приобретает коническую форму. См. Краниосиностоз. Оксицефаляческий (oxycephalic) …   Толковый словарь по медицине

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