cephalic

See also: -cephalic

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French céphalique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cephalicus (“head”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭfăl' ĭk, IPA^(key): /sɪˈfælɪk/

Adjective

cephalic (comparative more cephalic, superlative most cephalic)

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

Antonyms

• caudal

Derived terms

• acephalic
• acrocephalic
• autocephalic
• brachycephalic
• caudocephalic
• cephalic fin
• cephalic index
• cephalic vein
• cervicocephalic
• dicephalic
• dolichocephalic
• extracephalic
• hippocephalic
• mecocephalic
• mesocephalic
• oculocephalic
• orthocephalic
• platycephalic
• procephalic
• supracephalic
• transcephalic
• tricephalic

 

Related terms

• cephalo-
• -cephalic

Translations

of or referring to the head

• Arabic: رَأْسِيّ‎ (raʔsiyy)
• Belarusian: галаўны́ (halaŭný)
• Catalan: cefàlic
• Esperanto: testa (eo)
• French: céphalique (fr)
• German: Kopf- (de)
• Greek: κεφαλικός (el) (kefalikós)
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• Italian: cefalico
• Polish: głowowy
• Russian: головно́й (ru) (golovnój)
• Spanish: cefálico
• Tagalog: uluhin, pang-ulo
• Turkish: sefalik, başçıl (tr)
• Ukrainian: головни́й (holovnýj)

References

• (etymology) Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition