n, pl  -lies  :  congenital deformity of the skull due to early synostosis of the parietal and occipital bones with compensating growth in the region of the anterior fontanel resulting in a pointed or pyramidal skull - called also acrocephaly , turricephaly  oxy*ce*phal*ic adj 
 
 
 
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