English

Adjective

dolichocephalic ‎(comparative more dolichocephalic, superlative most dolichocephalic)

1. (of a person or animal) Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).

Translations

Noun

dolichocephalic ‎(plural dolichocephalics)

1. A dolichocephalic person.

Related terms

• dolichocephaly, dolichocephalism, dolichocephalous

References

• William H. Tucker, The Science and Politics of Racial Research, University of Illinois Press (1996), ISBN 9780252065606, 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 eighty, slightly broader or “mesocephalic”; and even rounder heads with ratios above eighty were called “brachycephalic.”