cephalalˈgia noun (Gr algos pain; medicine)

Headache

cephalalˈgic adjective

Cephalasˈpis noun

(Gr aspis shield) an Upper Silurian and Old Red Sandstone genus of extinct fishes or fish-like animals with a head-shield

cephˈalate adjective

Having a head

cephalˈic adjective

Of or belonging to the head (cephalic index the ratio of the breadth to the length of the skull expressed as a percentage; cephalic presentation the usual position of a child in the womb just before birth, head downwards)

A remedy for headache

-cephalic and -cephalous adj combining form

cephˈalin noun (biochemistry)

A compound of phosphorus found in the brain and nervous tissue (also kephalin)

cephalīˈtis noun

Inflammation of the brain

cephalizāˈtion or cephalisāˈtion noun

In animal evolution, the specialization of the anterior end or head as the site of the mouthparts, sensory organs and principal ganglia of the central nervous system

cephalocele /sefˈəl-ə-sēl/ noun (medicine)

The protrusion of the membranes of the brain through a hole in the skull

cephalochordate /-ō-körˈdāt/ noun

(Gr chordē cord) a member of the subphyllum Cephalochordata, of chordate fish-like animals (including the lancelets and amphioxus), having a persisting notochord projecting beyond the nerve cord to the end of the snout (also adjective)

cephalomˈetry noun (medicine)

1. The measurement of the fetal head in the uterus, by ultrasound or radiology
2. The measurement of the head by x-ray, esp in orthodontics

cephˈalopod /-pod/ noun

(Gr pous, podos foot) a member of the Cephalopoda /-opˈod-ə/, the highest class of molluscs, usu large, exclusively marine animals (including cuttlefish, squid, octopus, etc), with the foot modified into arms or tentacles surrounding the mouth

cephalospōˈrin noun

Any of a group of wide-spectrum antibiotics derived from the fungus Cephalosporium

cephalōthoˈrax noun

The fused head and thorax in some arthropods

cephalotomy /kef-al-otˈə-mi/ noun

(Gr tomē a cut) the dissection of the head

cephˈalous adjective

Having a head