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dolicho-

  1. a combining form meaning “long” or “narrow”:

    dolichocephalic.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of dolicho-1

< Greek, combining form of dolichós

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Example Sentences

It is shewn that early palaeolithic man presents examples of skulls both of brachy-cephalic and dolicho-cephalic proportions.

The brain-case has dolicho-cephalic proportions in a marked degree.

Lastly, the few ancient Egyptian skulls examined are meso- or dolicho-cephalic.

But this blond type is perhaps best accounted for as a hybrid of the dolicho-blond crossed on the Alpine brachycephalic brunet.

Whereas it does not seem feasible to explain the dolicho-blond as such a blend or compromise between any known racial types.

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