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PLAGIOCEPHALY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plagiocephaly mean?
• PLAGIOCEPHALY (noun)
The noun PLAGIOCEPHALY has 1 sense:
1. congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
Familiarity information: PLAGIOCEPHALY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Congenital malformation of the skull in which the main axis of the skull is oblique
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("plagiocephaly" is a kind of...):
deformity; malformation; misshapenness (an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed)
birth defect; congenital abnormality; congenital anomaly; congenital defect; congenital disorder (a defect that is present at birth)
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