What's the difference between brachycephalism and brachycephaly?
Brachycephalism
Definition:
(n.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head.
Example Sentences:
(1) Within North American prehistoric Indian populations, increasing brachycephalization and the possible development of a larger, broader face are two structural trends that can be identified.
(2) Since the cephalic indexes of the female farm workers in North Kyushu about 30 years ago were 81.0 and 81.1, the remarkable increase of the cephalic index in the present study may represent an example of the rapid brachycephalization of the present people.
(3) Among these patients, major group 3, a Western Brachycephal Armenoid group, revealed the highest risk for B17 & Bw57 but not major group 2, a Mediterranean one.
(4) If such connexions are proved, at last the well known brachycephalization among European populations since the Middle Ages and the beginning debrachycephalization in the present time could partially be interpreted.
Brachycephaly
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Brachycephalism
Example Sentences:
(1) A family in which a gene (MRX2) is segregating for an X-linked syndrome of mental retardation, short stature, microcephaly, brachycephaly, spastic diplegia, small testes and possible intra-uterine growth retardation is described.
(2) A 2-month-old boy with delayed growth and development, brachycephaly, large anterior fontanelle, low-set folded ears, micrognathia, aortic coarctation, floppy abdominal muscles, and pes varus, was found to have a 46,XY,del(16)(q2100q2300) de novo karyotype.
(3) Clinical manifestations include brachycephaly and a flat mid-face; brachydactyly; short, broad hands; mental retardation; and aberrant behaviour, including hyperactivity.
(4) The phenotype includes brachycephaly, club feet, delay of growth and development, and hypertelorism with upslanted palpebral fissures.
(5) Their clinical manifestations included brachycephaly, midface hypoplasia, prognathism, upper lip eversion, short and broad hands with short fingers, clinodactyly of the fifth fingers, fingertip pads, moderate mental retardation, and behavior problems.
(6) Additionally, he had brachycephaly, a high arched palate, hypospadias, a malformed left external ear, and bilateral finger contractures.
(7) The characteristic findings are mental retardation, characteristic facies, narrow forehead, bushy eyebrows with synophrys, hypertelorism, broad nose, wide philtrum, triangular-shaped mouth, short neck, marked maxillary hypoplasia, a low hairline (especially posteriorly in the midline on the neck), brachycephaly, calcified clinoid ligements, and multiple bony abnormalities in the upper thoracic vertebrae and sometimes in the cervical region, together with a variety of deformities of the upper ribs.
(8) A family is described in which 15 persons in five generations are affected with a complex of skeletal malformations which variably includes peculiar asymmetric facies, delayed closure of large fontanels, brachycephaly, acrocephaly, brachydactyly, cutaneous syndactyly, broad great toes, and mild shortness of stature.
(9) Callosa of subjects with Down syndrome were distinctively rounded in form, consistent with Down syndrome brachycephaly.
(10) The best operative period is the first year of life, 2 to 3 months of age for the brachycephalies, and 6 to 9 months of age for the other craniosynostoses.
(11) The effectiveness of the "floating forehead" operation for treating brachycephaly in infants has been assessed.
(12) The three affected males had severe mental retardation (IQ 20 to 30), mutism, growth failure, frequent infections, seizures, and the following minor anomalies: brachycephaly, frontal hair whorl, square face, large mouth, thick lips, and prognathism.
(13) Micromelia and brachycephaly were recognized in affected embryos after 9 days while lethality occurred mainly after 16 days of incubation.
(14) A female child with brachycephaly, hypertelorism, convergent strabismus, interstitial keratitis, analgesia on both sides of the face, absent corneal reflexes, and focal congenital alopecia of a zone of the occipital and posterior parietal scalp is presented.
(15) Radiological features include premature synostosis of the coronal suture, brachycephaly, and maxillary under-development.
(16) Description of a boy aged 20 months presenting growth and mental retardation as well as several minor anomalies : brachycephaly, antimongoloid slant of the palpebral fissures, dystopia canthorum, broad nose, low set ears and short fingers.
(17) They all had a similar phenotype with mental retardation, behavioural problems, facial dysmorphism, brachycephaly, a broad face with a flat midface, and short and broad hands.
(18) The common clinical findings were broad flat midface with brachycephaly, broad nasal bridge, brachydactyly, speech delay, and hoarse, deep voice.
(19) Principle clinical features include: Anatomic - microcephaly; bilateral, convergent strabismus; epicanthus; brachycephaly; bulbar nose; sparse hair; partial soft tissue syndactylism between 2nd and 3rd fingers which are slightly tapered; whorls on all 10 fingers; mild prognathism; solitary kidney; vaginal stenosis; vesicoureteral reflux; asymmetric feet; and subluxation of peroneal tendons around the fibula with severe pronation and heal valgus deformity.
(20) Four of seven cases (57%) with brachycephaly showed low perfusion areas in either of frontal lobes, occipital lobes, and cerebellum.