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ce·phal·ic

 (sə-făl′ĭk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to the head.
2. Located on, in, or near the head.

[French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus, from Greek kephalikos, from kephalē, head; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots.]

ce·phal′i·cal·ly adv.
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cephalic

(sɪˈfælɪk)
adj
1. (Anatomy) of or relating to the head
2. (Anatomy) situated in, on, or near the head
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ce•phal•ic

(səˈfæl ɪk)

adj.
1. of or pertaining to the head.
2. situated or directed toward the head.
[1590–1600; < Latin cephalicus < Greek kephalikós= kephal(ḗ) head + -ikos -ic]
ce•phal′i•cal•ly, adv.

-cephalic

var. of -cephalous: oxycephalic.
[< Greek -kephal(os)]
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ce·phal·ic

(sə-făl′ĭk)
Located on or near the head.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.cephalic - of or relating to the head
caudal - constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage"
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Translations

cephalic

adj (form)Kopf-, Schädel-
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ce·phal·ic

a. cefálico-a, rel. a la cabeza.
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cephalic

adj cefálico
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References in classic literature ?
The proposition, and demonstration, were fairly written on a thin wafer, with ink composed of a cephalic tincture.
His apparent dulness was really caused by the continual tension of his mind; he went over the history of Cephalic Oils and the Paste of Sultans, lucifer matches and portable gas, jointed sockets for hydrostatic lamps,--in short, all the infinitely little inventions of material civilization which pay so well.
Their fistula may be central venous, brachial cephalic or radial cephalic.
A significant correlation between vaspin concentration and birth length (cm) was found (r=0.277, p=0.016), but not with birth weight or cephalic perimeter (see Table 3).
Regarding the effect of geography, ethnicity and racial factors on head dimensions, the present study was aimed to elucidate the norms of cephalic indices [3,1], the type of head shapes and sexual dimorphism in Eastern Odisha.
LAS VEGAS -- External cephalic version was significantly more likely to be successful in women with lower prepregnancy body mass index, as well as in taller women, according to data shared in a poster session at the meeting sponsored by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
The cardinal movements of labor include cephalic engagement, descent, flexion, internal rotation, extension and rotation of the head at delivery, internal rotation of the shoulders, and expulsion of the body.
The mechanosensory system of the lateral line is a group of structures present in the cephalic region and in the trunk of fishes, connected to the eighth pair of cranial nerves and involved in behaviours like feeding, swimming, prey and predator detection, rheotaxis, schooling, intraspecific communication and wave source location (Engelmann et al., 2002; Kasumyan, 2003; Modgans et al., 2003, 2004).
Male (n=12): body length: 3.20 mm [+ or -] 2.34 (2.80-3.42), width of the head at the level of cephalic papillae: 67.64 [micro]m [+ or -] 3.455 (62-70), width of the body at the level of nerve ring: 136 [micro]m [+ or -] 11 (112-145), greatest width of the body: 170.62 [micro]m [+ or -] 28 (148-212), width of the body at cloaca: 182 [micro]m [+ or -] 21 (166-216), distance from the head to the nerve ring: 352.36 [micro]m [+ or -] 37 (256-388), length of amphidial pouch: 20.62 [micro]m, width of amphidial pouch: 18 [micro]m, length of spicules: 176.42 [micro]m [+ or -] 12 (156-190), width of spicules: 11 [micro]m.
pulcher, but is distinguished by a bicoloured body, the shallowly concave anterior clypeal margin, the absence of well-developed anterior clypeal teeth, the fewer irregular longitudinal cephalic rugae and the feeble longitudinal rugae on the posterior face of the petiolar node.
[USPRwire, Wed Jan 09 2019] The increasing screening and provisions for compulsory and free screening of newborns under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid is a prime driver of the Global Cephalic Disorders Treatment Market.