brachycranic

• Adjectif désuet utilisé en anthropologie physique pour décrire un crâne relativement large par rapport à sa longueur.

An obsolete adjective used in physical anthropology to describe a skull that is relatively broad in relation to its length.

1. Short broad headC2formalscientific

   Having a relatively short and broad skull, characterized by a cephalic index of over 80.

   Brachiocéphale

   • The ancient population was described as brachycranic based on skull measurements.
   • Brachycranic individuals have a distinct cranial shape compared to dolichocranic ones.
   • Anthropologists noted the brachycranic features of the skeletal remains.

   Synonymesbrachycephalicbrachycranialroundheadedshort-headed

   Antonymesdolichocranic