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cephalisation

cephalisation is the alternative form of cephalization.

Meaning of cephalization

Noun

cephalization (countable and uncountable, plural cephalizations)

  1. An evolutionary trend in which the neural and sense organs become centralized at one end (the head) of an animal.
  2. The redistribution of blood flow from the base of the lung towards the upper lobe vessels as a consequence of pulmonary venous hypertension, usually described on a chest radiograph.

Forms of cephalisation

pluralcephalisations

Questions about cephalisation

What is cephalisation the alternative form of?
Cephalisation is the alternative form of cephalization.

Words near cephalisation in the dictionary

  1. cephalics
  2. cephalin
  3. cephaline
  4. cephalines
  5. cephalins
  6. cephalisation
  7. cephalisations
  8. cephalism
  9. cephalisms
  10. cephalistic
  11. cephalitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cephalisation (page history and authors); cephalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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