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has any one ever come across the word
dolicocephalic while visiting there
doctor/midwife I checked on the net what
it means but i'm still confused can any
body shed any light on it thanks.
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redsugar
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Posts: 140
Posted: 03-22-05 09:57am
Dolichocephalic means to have an
abnormally long head. Technically, a
dolichocephalic head is defined as having
a skull with a cephalic index below 75.
The cephalic index is a rating scale that
is used to measure the size of the head.
The rating on the cephalic index is
obtained by multiplying the maximum width
of the head by 100 and dividing that
number by the maximum length of the head.
A cephalic index between 76 and 80 is
considered normal.
