A congenital abnormality of the skull

• The top of the skull assumes a cone shape

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, such as the lambdoid; sometimes the premature fuse of all sutures.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape [syn: acrocephaly ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oxycephaly , also known as turricephaly , acrocephaly , hypsicephaly , oxycephalia , steeple head , tower head , tower skull , high-head syndrome and Turmschädel , is a type of cephalic disorder where the top of the skull is pointed or conical due to premature ...