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cephalic
/sɪˈfælɪk/
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What does cephalic mean?
adjective
- Of or relating to the head.
- Of or relating to the brain.
- Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
More meanings (3)
adjective
- Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
- Headlike; cephaloid.
noun
- (obsolete) A remedy that benefits the head or brain.
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IPA pronunciation
/sɪˈfælɪk/
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The proposition, and demonstration, were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture.
The term DOLICHOCEPHALIC is used to designate a cephalic index of 77.9 and under, and BRACHYCEPHALIC one of 78 and over.
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This cephalic blister throbs: it swells and subsides by turns, owing to the alternate flux and reflux of the blood.
Symptoms of cephalic affection were frequent; many patients became stupefied and fell into a deep sleep, losing also their speech from palsy of the tongue; others remained sleepless and without rest.
This cephalic mass was covered with hair about four or five inches long, and showed the rudiments of an eye, nose, mouth, and chin.