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Cephalic

//sɪˈfælɪk// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the head.

    "The objective of this study was to identify the factors predictive of the success of external cephalic version (ECV). […] The study shows that transverse foetal presentation, a senior physician operator, multiparity, as well as a non-anterior placental location are factors predictive of the success of ECV."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to the head.; Of or relating to the brain.

    "I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for three days following eat nothing but Bread and Water. As the Wafer digeſted, the Tincture mounted to his Brain, bearing the Propoſition along with it."

  3. 3
    Of or relating to the head.; Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
  4. 4
    Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.
  5. 5
    Headlike; cephaloid.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the head wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A remedy that benefits the head or brain. obsolete

    "[…] recover their Sight […] by the use of Bleeding, Purging, Blistering and Cephalics."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French céphalique, from Latin cephalicus (“head”), from Ancient Greek κεφαλικός (kephalikós, “capital”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

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