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Definition of cephalic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cephalic

adjective

/sɪˈfælɪk/,

/keˈfælɪk/

/sɪˈfælɪk/

(anatomy)

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in or related to the head
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French cephalique, from Latin cephalicus, from Greek kephalikos, from kephalē ‘head’.

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