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cephalizations

cephalizations is the plural 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.

Questions about cephalizations

What is cephalizations the plural of?
Cephalizations is the plural of cephalization.

Words near cephalizations in the dictionary

  1. cephalism
  2. cephalisms
  3. cephalistic
  4. cephalitis
  5. cephalization
  6. cephalizations
  7. cephalized
  8. Cephallenia
  9. Cephallonia
  10. cephalo-
  11. cephalo-pelvic

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