Mesocephalic

Word MESOCEPHALIC
Character 12
Hyphenation mes o ce phal ic
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Mesocephalic"

What do we mean by mesocephalic?

Having a head of average breadth. adjective

In craniometry, of medium size; neither large nor small; with a capacity of from 1,350 to 1,450 cubic centimeters.

Having a skull of medium breadth or capacity.

Of or relating to the mesencephalon.

Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the middle of the head. adjective

Having the cranial cavity of medium capacity; neither megacephalic nor microcephalic. adjective

Having the ratio of the length to the breadth of the cranium a medium one; mesaticephalic. adjective

Having a head that is not particularly short or long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). adjective

A mesocephalic person. noun

A mesocephalic person.

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The word "mesocephalic" in example sentences

The Bossonians are of medium height and complection, their eyes brown or grey, and they are mesocephalic. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (2003)

The Bossonians are of medium height and complexion, their eyes brown or grey, and they are mesocephalic. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1989)

No one, he believed, had ever maintained that a mesocephalic skull was split or differentiated into a dolichocephalic and a brachycephalic variety in the bright sunshine of history. ❋ Various (N/A)

The Solomon Islanders for several years have been confirmed vegetarians, and the pronounced modification in their mesocephalic skulls and the improvement of their facial angle afford the surest guarantee against any relapse. ❋ Various (N/A)

Besides the general division of skulls into dolichocephalic, brachycephalic, and mesocephalic, other divisions had been undertaken, according to the height of the skull, and again according to the maxillary and the facial angles. ❋ Various (N/A)

This distinction had formed the foundation for a more scientific classification into brachycephalic, dolichocephalic, and mesocephalic skulls. ❋ Various (N/A)

Anthropologists generally speak of any one with an index of 75 (or where the breadth is 75\% of the length) and below this as dolichocephalic, or long-headed; from 75 to 80 is the class of the mesocephalic, intermediates; while above 80 is that of the subbrachycephalic and brachycephalic, or round-headed. ❋ Paul Popenoe (1933)

However, this classification of the shapes of the cranium was unsatisfactory, even when mesocephalic crania were separated from the others, since the various forms appear within every race, although perhaps with varying frequency. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The Eskimo are small, dolichocephalic, and have a yellow skin; the Tehuelches are large, dolichocephalic, and have a reddish skin; the Polynesians are large, mesocephalic, and have a reddish skin. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

# Native races of South American = = small stature, nose projecting and straight, mesocephalic or dolichocephalic. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

# Ugrian race = = nose straight or concave, small stature, mesocephalic or dolichocephalic, projecting cheek-bones; ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Tasmanians mesocephalic, the small black Negritos brachycelphalic. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The yellow race with nose of medium width (mesorhine), coarse, straight hair of round cross - section, also contains dolichocephalic, mesocephalic, and brachycephalic types. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The mesocephalic type with brown hair and relatively small stature is found in the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

# Polynesians = = nose projecting and often convex, tall stature, elliptical face, brachycephalic or mesocephalic; ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

He supposed six sub-species: chamaeprosopous dolichocephalic, chamaeprosopous mesocephalic, chamaeprosopous brachyhcephalic, leptoprosopous dolichocephalic, leptoprosopous mesocephalic, leptoprosopous brachycephalic. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

From the nose-root to the nucha over the head he measures 13 1/2 inches, and between upper ear-tips across and over the head 11 inches, which is so close to the eight-and ten-inch standard that he may be called mesocephalic. ❋ Unknown (1896)

The crania were seldom deformed artificially save through cradle accident, and while varying considerably in capacity and in the ratio of length to width were usually mesocephalic. ❋ Unknown (1882)

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