kephalic

Adjective

cephalic (comparative more cephalic, superlative most cephalic)

1. Of or relating to the head.
   • The objective of this study was to identify the factors predictive of the success of external cephalic version (ECV). […] The study shows that transverse foetal presentation, a senior physician operator, multiparity, as well as a non-anterior placental location are factors predictive of the success...2021, Léa Cillard, Caroline Verhaeghe, Andrew Spiers, Sebastien Madzou, Philippe Descamps, Guillaume Legendre, Romain Corroenne, “External cephalic version: predictors for success”, in J Gynecol...
   1. Of or relating to the brain.
      • I was at the Mathematical School, where the Maſter taught his Pupils after a Method ſcarce imaginable to us in Europe. The Propoſition and Demonſtration were fairly written on a thin Wafer, with Ink compoſed of a Cephalick Tincture. This the Student was to ſwallow upon a faſting Stomach, and for...1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Permitted to See the Grand Academy of Lagado. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London...
   2. Of or relating to the cephalon (the head of a trilobite).
2. (anatomical terms of location and direction) Toward the head; in bipeds such as humans, this direction corresponds to superior.

   Synonyms:

   cephalad

   Antonyms:

   caudal

3. Headlike; cephaloid.

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