| Cephalad |
adv. |
Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad. |
| Cephalalgia |
n. |
Alt. of Cephalalgy |
| Cephalalgia |
n. |
Headache. |
| Cephalalgic |
a. |
Relating to, or affected with, headache. |
| Cephalalgic |
n. |
A remedy for the headache. |
| Cephalalgic |
a. |
Relating to, or affected with, headache. |
| Cephalalgic |
n. |
A remedy for the headache. |
| Cephalalgy |
n. |
Pain in the head; headache. |
| Cephalanthium |
n. |
Same as Anthodium. |
| Cephalaspis |
n. |
A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points. |
| Cephalata |
n. pl. |
A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves;
so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix. |
| Cephalate |
a. |
Having a head. |
| 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. |
| Cephalism |
n. |
Form or development of the skull; as, the races of man differ greatly in cephalism. |
| Cephalitis |
n. |
Same as Phrenitis. |
| Cephalization |
n. |
Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. |
| Cephalo |
|
A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod. |
| Cephalocercal |
a. |
Relating to the long axis of the body. |
| Cephaloid |
a. |
Shaped like the head. |
| Cephalology |
n. |
The science which treats of the head. |
| Cephalomere |
n. |
One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. |
| Cephalometer |
n. |
An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery. |
| Cephalometry |
n. |
The measurement of the heads of living persons. |
| Cephalon |
n. |
The head. |
| Cephalophora |
n. pl. |
The cephalata. |
| Cephalopod |
n. |
Alt. of Cephalopode |
| Cephalopoda |
n. pl. |
The highest class of Mollusca. |
| Cephalopode |
n. |
One of the Cephalopoda. |
| Cephalopodic |
a. |
Alt. of Cephalopodous |
| Cephalopodous |
a. |
Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods. |
| Cephaloptera |
n. |
One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton. |
| Cephalosome |
n. |
The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. |
| Cephalostyle |
n. |
The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania. |
| Cephalothorax |
n. |
The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax. |
| Cephalotome |
n. |
An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery. |
| Cephalotomy |
n. |
Dissection or opening of the head. |
| Cephalotomy |
n. |
Craniotomy;
usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw. |
| Cephalotribe |
n. |
An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy. |
| Cephalotripsy |
n. |
The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery. |
| Cephalotrocha |
n. |
A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head. |
| Cephalous |
a. |
Having a head;
applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks. |
