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Mesocephalous vs Mesocephalic - What's the difference?

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Mesocephalous is a related term of mesocephalic.


As adjectives the difference between mesocephalous and mesocephalic

is that mesocephalous is while mesocephalic is (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).

As a noun mesocephalic is

a mesocephalic person.

mesocephalous

English

Adjective

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    • mesocephalic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (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

    (en noun)
  • 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 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 eight, slightly broader or “mesocephalic ”; and even rounder heads with ratios above eighty were called “brachycephalic.”