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Pronunciation: ok′sē-sef′ă-lē
Definition: A type of craniosynostosis in which there is premature closure of the lambdoid and coronal sutures, resulting in an abnormally high, peaked, or conical cranium.
Synonym(s): acrocephalia, acrocephaly, hypsicephaly, hypsocephaly, oxycephalia, steeple skull, tower skull, turricephaly
[G. oxys, pointed, + kephalē, head]
Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
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