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Webster 1913 Edition


Cephalic

Ce-phal′ic

,
Adj.
[L.
cephalicus
, Gr. [GREEK], fr.
κεφαλή
head: cf. F.
céphalique
.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under
Anterior
.
Cephalic index
(Anat.)
,
the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index.
Cephalic vein
,
a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; – so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head.
Dunglison.

Ce-pha′lic

,
Noun.
A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cephalic

CEPHALIC

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the head; as cephalic medicines, remedies for disorders in the head. The cephalic vein, which runs along the arm, was so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head.

CEPHALIC

,
Noun.
A medicine for headache or other disorder in the head.

Definition 2024


cephalic

cephalic

See also: -cephalic

English

Adjective

cephalic (comparative more cephalic, superlative most cephalic)

  1. Of or referring to the head; headlike
  2. Of, or pertaining to, the cephalon

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