Acrobrachycephaly
acrobrachycephaly
acrobrachycephaly ac·ro·brach·y·ceph·a·ly (āk’rə-brāk’ĭ-sěf’ə-lē)
n.
A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the coronal suture, resulting in an abnormally short anteroposterior diameter of the skull.
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