dolicho-

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

   dolichocephalic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dolicho-¹

< Greek, combining form of dolichós

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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