Definitions for cephalic

cephalic ce·phal·ic

Spelling: [suh-fal-ik]
IPA: /səˈfæl ɪk/

Cephalic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 232 anagrams from letters in cephalic (accehilp).

Definitions for cephalic

adjective

  1. of or relating to the head.
  2. situated or directed toward the head.

Origin of cephalic

1590-1600; Latin cephalicus Greek kephalikós of the head. See cephal-, -ic

Examples for cephalic

The old œsophagus was continuous with and led into the cephalic stomach.

This accounts for three of the pairs of cephalic appendages.

The differences of the cephalic index according to sex are insignificant.

On dissection we found 81 vertebræ, exclusive of the cephalic.

He ordered some cephalic snuff to be administered to the patient.

The cephalic horn and the three divergent wings are shorter, and at the distal end not so much thickened as in Theopera cortina.

Thorax with a small number of large, irregular, polygonal meshes and three stout curved ribs about as long as the cephalic horn.

The variations of the cephalic index are here of no great importance.

The drawing is a ventral view, the cephalic side is at the top.

cephalic: belonging or attached to the head; directed toward the head.

Word Value for cephalic
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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