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plagiocephaly

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plagiocephaly [‚plā·jē·ō′sef·ə·lē]
(medicine)
A type of strongly asymmetric cranial deformation, in which the anterior portion of one side and the posterior portion of the opposite side of the skull are developed more than their counterparts so that the maximum length of the skull is not in the midline but on a diagonal.
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Plagiocephaly is caused by too much pressure on one part of the skull.
BABY'S BOOSTER; Community raise cash by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Cole, who was born five weeks' prematurely at Dewsbury District Hospital last September, suffers plagiocephaly, a condition also referred to as flat-head syndrome.
BABY COLE FACES NEW STRUGGLE; Bid to cure 'flat head' condition by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Adam suffers from brachycephaly, more commonly known as flathead syndrome, while his brother Luke has plagiocephaly, a more complicated head deformity, and some muscular difficulties.
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