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Cephalic means pertaining to the head. The English suffixes -cephalic and -cephaly mean "relating to the head", as does the word when used as a prefix. The most common use is in relation to the anatomical head, though words ending which such a suffix can also relate to other meanings of "head".
Etymology
The word cephalic has Latin and Greek origins: cephalicus and kephalikos (κεφαλος) respectively, both meaning "head". The antonym is caudal.
Uses
There are many congenital disorders relating to the head which are known as cephalic disorders.
Bicephalic (alternatively dicephalic) is an adjective attributed most commonly to a two-headed animal. Bicephalic animals frequently appear in heraldic representation. Prefixes bi and di mean "two", and more than two heads is polycephalic, using the prefix poly (many).
See also
- Cephalization (used here as a prefix)
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