Cephalic

[sɪ'fælɪk;ke-] or [sɪ'fælɪk]

Definition

(adj.) of or relating to the head .

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Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior.

(n.) A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

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Definition

adj. belonging to the head—also Cephalis′tic.—ns. Cephalag′ra gout in the head; Cephalal′gia Ceph′algy headache.—adjs. Cephalal′gic; Ceph′alate having a head as a mollusc.—n. Cephalī′tis inflammation of the brain.—adjs. Ceph′aloid in the form of the head: spherical.—ns. Ceph′alo-thō′rax the anterior division of the body in arthropods; Cephalot′omy the dissection of the head.—adj. Ceph′alous having a head.

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