Cephalic
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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".
[edit] Etymology
The word cephalic has Latin and Greek origins: cephalicus and kephalikos (κεφαλος) respectively, both meaning "head". The antonym is caudal.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] See also
- Cephalization (used here as a prefix)
