English Explanatory Dictionary

cephalic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the head.
  2. Of or relating to the brain.
  3. Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
  4. Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
  5. Headlike; cephaloid.
noun
  1. A remedy that benefits the head or brain.

Pronunciation

sĭfăl' ĭk /sɪˈfælɪk/ /ˈsɛfəlɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cephalic.wav

Word forms

cephalic more cephalic most cephalic cephalick cephalics

Etymology

From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Synonyms

cephalad

Antonyms

caudal

Related words

cephalo- -cephalic

Derived words

acephalic acrocephalic auriculocephalic autocephalic brachiocephalic brachycephalic caudocephalic cephalic fin cephalic index cephalic vein cervicocephalic dicephalic dolichocephalic dorsocephalic eucephalic extracephalic gnathocephalic hippocephalic holocephalic intracephalic mecocephalic mesocephalic noncephalic oculocephalic orocephalic orthocephalic platycephalic postcephalic procephalic radiocephalic supracephalic tectocephalic transcephalic tricephalic ventrocephalic

Translations

Arabic: رَأْسِيّ Belarusian: галаўны́ Catalan: cefàlic Esperanto: testa Finnish: kefaalinen French: céphalique German: Kopf- Greek: κεφαλικός Italian: cefalico Central Kurdish: سەری Polish: głowowy Portuguese: cefálico Russian: головно́й Spanish: cefálico Tagalog: uluhin Tagalog: pang-ulo Turkish: sefalik Turkish: başçıl Ukrainian: головни́й
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