Definition of cephalic Cephalic
ce•phal•ic
We found 6 definitions of cephalic from 4 different sources.
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What does cephalic mean?
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| cephalic - of or relating to the head | ||
| caudal situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the body" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cephalic (a.)
Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior. - cephalic (n.)
A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cephalic
se-fal′ik, 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. [Gr. kephalikos—kephalē, the head.]
