mesocephalic
English
Etymology
From meso- + cephalic, i.e. “medium-headed”.
Adjective
mesocephalic (not comparable)
- (of a person or animal) Having a head that is not particularly short or long from front to back, relative to its width from left to right.
Noun
mesocephalic (plural mesocephalics)
- A mesocephalic person.
Related terms
- mesocephaly, mesocephalism, mesocephalous
References
- William H. Tucker, The Science and Politics of Racial Research, University of Illinois Press (1996), →ISBN, page 23: Also a subject of extensive investigation was the cephalic index, a measurement of the general shape of the skull, defined as the ratio of its breadth to its length multiplied by one hundred to eliminate the decimal point. Ratios below seventy-five indicated skulls that were long and narrow, termed “dolichocephalic”; those between seventy-five and eight, slightly broader or “mesocephalic”; and even rounder heads with ratios above eighty were called “brachycephalic.”