cephalic
IPA: sˈɛfʌɫɪk
adjective
- Of or relating to the head.
- Of or relating to the brain.
- Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
- (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
- Headlike; cephaloid.
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Examples of "cephalic" in Sentences
- Cephalic index in cats and dogs.
- Cephalic index in animal breeding.
- Cephalic index in human anthropology.
- Acephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Otocephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Iniencephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Microcephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Schizencephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Hydranencephaly is a type of cephalic disorder.
- Reasons for predominance of cephalic presentations.
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