cephalic index in English

noun
1
a number expressing the ratio of the maximum breadth of a skull to its maximum length.
Fishberg then provides a table of cephalic indexes by gender which shows little significant difference.
noun
    cranial index

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1. Brachycephalic definition, short-headed; having a cephalic index of 81.0–85.4

2. Having a relatively long head with a Cephalic index of under 75

3. Cephalic index, the percentage of breadth to length in any skull

4. DolichoCephalic definition is - having a relatively long head with Cephalic index of less than 75.

5. Brachycephalic definition is - short-headed or broad-headed with a cephalic index of over 80.

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7. On basis of cephalic index, head shapes are grouped into four international categories, which are dolichocephal, Brachycephal, mesocephal, and hyperBrachycephal (Williams, 1995)

8. On basis of cephalic index the head shapes classified to four international categories, that including dolichocephal, Brachycephal, mesocephal and hyperBrachycephal (Williams et al.; del Sol)

9. The Cephalic index or cranial index is the ratio of the maximum width (biparietal diameter or BPD, side to side) of the head of an organism (human or animal) multiplied by 100 divided by its maximum length (occipitofrontal diameter or OFD, front to back)