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Dolichocephalic

Having a relatively long, narrow cranial form when viewed from above.

Short Definition

Having a relatively long, narrow cranial form when viewed from above.

Difficulty

Intermediate

Language Origin

Greek

Categories

Having a relatively long, narrow cranial form when viewed from above. In older artistic-anatomy and anthropometric literature the term describes proportions of the skull; contemporary sculpture should treat it as a descriptive measurement term rather than a fixed racial type.