cephalic.
Of or relating to the head.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to the head.
Of or relating to the head. Of or relating to the brain.
Of or relating to the head. Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
Headlike; cephaloid.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
A remedy that benefits the head or brain.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
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