Relating to or characterized by a short, broad skull; describing skull proportions where width dominates length.
From Greek brachys (short) + Latin cranium (skull) + -al (adjectival suffix), combining Greek and Latin roots for skull shape.
This mixes Greek and Latin roots (brachys + cranium) in a way that would make ancient philosophers cringe, but it shows how science freely borrowed from both languages to create new precision.
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